SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois state Treasurer Michael Frerichs says Wells Fargo will lose millions of dollars in fees after the state suspended $30 billion in investment activity with the troubled bank Monday. Frerichs said at a news conference in Chicago that Illinois will stop using Wells Fargo as a broker-dealer to purchase investments because…
CLEVELAND (AP) – LeBron James has given Hillary Clinton an assist. The NBA superstar, who helped end Cleveland’s championship drought earlier this summer by winning a title with the Cavaliers, is backing Clinton for president. James believes Clinton can do more to help at-risk kids like he once was, saying she’s the only candidate who…
Several West York borough council members say they want Mayor Charles Wasko to leave office
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) One person is dead and another is injured following a late night shooting in north St. Louis. Police say the shooting happened at around 11 p.m. Sunday in the 2600 block of Natural Bridge. One of the victims died at the scene and the other suffered non-life threatening injuries. The name…
Springfield, MO (KTRS) Outdoor gear giants Bass Pro and Cabela’s will soon be merging. The companies announced on Monday that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Bass Pro Shops will acquire Cabela’s for $65.50 per share in cash, representing an aggregate transaction value of approximately $5.5 billion. In addition, upon closing Bass…
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) – Southern Illinois University’s Carbondale campus officials are working to drop levels at the school’s popular Campus Lake to combat toxic algae issues, which has forced the lake’s closure for the past three summers. The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan reports that university officials in July announced the effort to drop lake levels to…
Police are looking for the suspect or suspects involved in a double shooting, in the Walnut Park West neighborhood. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that authorities say the incident took place in 6300 block of Sherry Avenue sometime before 10pm. One man was found at the scene suffering a gunshot wound to the leg. He…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Missouri History Museum’s effort to collect artifacts from the unrest in Ferguson is missing one big contributor: City Hall. The museum in Forest Park has spent two years collecting boarded up windows, protester gas masks, empty tear gas grenades and other artifacts from the days that followed the fatal police…
