CHICAGO (AP) – Republican Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has largely avoided any discussion of the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump. That changed Monday, when Rauner directed harsh criticism at Trump for the vulgar remarks captured in a 2005 video, although he didn’t mention Trump’s name. Speaking after participating in Chicago’s Columbus Day parade, Rauner said…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican Eric Greitens is getting financing for his Missouri gubernatorial campaign from many of the same people who have supported a charity he founded for military veterans. But Greitens denies that he has used a donor list for The Mission Continues to solicit money for his governor’s race against Democratic…
KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) – A northern Illinois county has enlisted a specially trained dog to help officers track child pornography. Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow is using money seized from criminal activities to pay for a black Labrador named Cache to be trained to detect hidden electronic devise. Glasgow says it’s a first in…
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) – Jury selection is underway in a lawsuit by a former Penn State assistant football coach who says he witnessed onetime fellow coach Jerry Sandusky abuse a boy in the team shower more than 15 years ago. Mike McQueary claims in a defamation and whistleblower lawsuit against Penn State that he was…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A triple shooting during a candlelight vigil in south St. Louis is being investigated. Police say gunfire broke out Sunday night while dozens gathered along the 4200 block of Shaw Boulevard to mark the two-year anniversary of the fatal police shooting of Vonderitt Myers, Jr. Three men were hit in the…
WAPPAPELLO, Mo. (AP) – Authorities in southeast Missouri are investigating after two people were found dead in a trailer fire. KFVS reports (http://j.mp/2e5oloC) the two victims were found dead after crews responded to a fire in a camper trailer in Wayne County. The victims’ names haven’t been released. Autopsies are planned for Monday. Two people…
URBANA, Ill. (AP) – Enrollment totals for this fall show the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign is the seventh-largest public university campus in the country with 44,880 students. Charles Tucker, vice provost for undergraduate education and innovation, says the campus has grown by about 1 percent a year for several decades largely at the undergraduate…
Authorities have identified a motorcyclist that died Sunday in a crash on highway 94 in Warrenton County. Police say 23 yr old Zachary Rohde was killed around 6pm when he lost control of his Harley Davidson, left the roadway and crashed into a ditch. The Missouri Highway Patrol responded, but the Rohde was pronounced dead…
ROCKAWAY BEACH, Mo. (AP) – The mayor of a once-thriving southwest Missouri lake town says a billionaire is willing to put up big money to bring a riverboat casino there. Missouri voters rejected a bid in 2004 by Rockaway Beach to bring a casino to the community of about 850 residents 11 miles northeast of…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Maybe it was the compliments they’d just given each other. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump shook hands after the debate ended, something they refused to do 90 minutes earlier. The debate was especially icy at the outset, replete with talk of sexual impropriety and Trump threatening to jail Clinton over her…