CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) – The committee tasked with finding a new chancellor for Southern Illinois University’s Carbondale campus will start reviewing applications for the job early next year. The school says its Chancellor Search Advisory Committee will start looking at applicants Jan. 15. The school also has taken out ads looking for nominations and applications…
CHICAGO (AP) – Aaron Schock is accused of allegedly using government and campaign money to subsidize a lavish lifestyle, as well as pocketing thousands of constituents’ dollars. The indictment unveiled this month says the 35-year-old former Illinois Republican ex-congressman hosted annual Washington tours and meet-and-greets, charged a special fee and secretly kept some of the…
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) – Scientists at the University of Illinois say they’ve detected prescription and over-the-counter medications in groundwater in southwestern Illinois. The university’s Prairie Research Institute study had researchers collect 58 water samples from eight springs and five cave streams during 2014 and 2015. Researcher Walt Kelly says medications and personal care products were…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in the Mark Twain neighborhood late Sunday. The incident happened in the 5200 block of North Euclid Avenue. The victim was shot multiple and was pronounced dead at the scene. At this time no further details have been released. An investigation is ongoing.
A St. Louis police officer is in critical condition but expected to survive after being shot, in what authorities are calling, an “ambush” style shooting. Police Chief Sam Dotson says the 46-year-old Sergeant was shoot in the twice face, but is able to speak. The shooting happened about 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Dotson says the officer…
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Vice President-elect Mike Pence says Mitt Romney is “under active consideration” by President-elect Donald Trump to be nominated as Trump’s secretary of state, “along with some other very distinguished Americans.” In an interview with “Fox News Sunday,” Pence says Romney’s recent meeting with Trump was a “warm and substantive” exchange. He…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A colorful beetle that was once common in southwest Missouri is showing signs of a comeback, thanks to a joint effort by the St. Louis Zoo and conservation organizations. A recent census found 850 American burying beetles in traps at Wah’Kon-Tah Prairie — an eight-fold increase over 2015. The beetle disappeared…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis County police say a suspected carjacker is hospitalized after a police pursuit that ended when the vehicle crashed and the driver apparently shot himself in the head. Police said in a release that three carjackers led officers on the chase early Saturday until the stolen SUV crashed. Two juveniles…
NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump says he agreed to settle lawsuits over Trump University “for a small fraction of the potential award because as president I have to focus on our country.” Trump made the comment on Twitter Saturday. He also tweeted that “the ONLY bad thing about winning the presidency is that…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The nation’s most advanced weather satellite ever awaits a sunset liftoff. NASA is launching the $1 billion GOES-R satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. An unmanned Atlas rocket is scheduled to blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 5:42 p.m. Saturday. The satellite will aim for a 22,300-mile-high…