Budget Impasse Prompts IDOT To Shut Down State Construction Projects
O’Fallon, IL (KTRS)  The fallout continues due to the lack of a state budget in Illinois. The Illinois Department of Transportation  plans to begin shutting down state administered construction projects beginning June 30th due to the state budget impasse. Officials with the city of O’Fallon say this will affect numerous projects in that area. Illinois…
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The Latest: House adjourns till after July 4
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on House Democrats’ protest demanding a vote on gun control legislation. The House has adjourned until after July 4 after majority Republicans pushed through a partisan bill to deal with the Zika outbreak. Republicans moved to adjourn immediately after the Zika vote to shut down a round-the-clock sit-in by Democrats…
Ellen Soeteber, former editor of the Post-Dispatch, dies
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Veteran journalist Ellen Soeteber, the former editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, has died after a brief illness. The Kassly Mortuary in Fairview Heights, Illinois, confirms that Soeteber died on Tuesday. She was 66. Soeteber spent 20 years at the Chicago Tribune before becoming managing editor of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel…
Man charged after allegedly trying to scam Missouri governor
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Michigan man who allegedly tried to collect fake debts from Gov. Jay Nixon has been charged with a felony for alleged deceptive business practices. Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster on Wednesday said StarProse Corporation CEO Jeffrey Scott Kowalski tried to get tax information and collect non-existent debts from the…