Kang hits key double amid investigation, Bucs beat Cards 7-5
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Jung Ho Kang drove in two key runs with a seventh-inning double a day after Chicago police said they were investigating an allegation of sexual assault against the Pirates infielder, and Pittsburgh beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5 on Wednesday night for its sixth straight comeback win. Pittsburgh has won seven…
Illinois regulators step in to help Land of Lincoln Health
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois regulators are stopping a struggling insurance company from paying $31.8 million it owes the federal government in a move meant to protect the insurer’s more than 40,000 customers. Chicago-based Land of Lincoln Health is one of the Affordable Care Act’s surviving nonprofit insurance co-ops. The co-ops were funded by low-interest federal…
Mississippi River lock and dam closed after diesel spill
( KTRS ) A Mississippi River lock and dam north of St. Louis is closed after a towboat spilled more than 2,000 gallons of diesel while passing through the lock. The spill happened Wednesday at Lock and Dam 25 near Winfield, about 45 miles north of St. Louis. The cause of the spill is under…
Cards’ Matt Carpenter leaves game with right oblique injury
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis Cardinals All-Star second baseman Matt Carpenter left a game Wednesday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates with a right oblique injury. Carpenter swung awkwardly at a pitch from Jeff Locke in the bottom of the third inning. He immediately grabbed his right hip and was replaced by Kolten Wong. Carpenter,…
UIS professor relocates endangered ospreys to Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A University of Illinois Springfield professor and the Illinois Audubon Society are partnering to relocate endangered birds to the state. Ten 6-week-old ospreys were being transported to Decatur from Virginia on Wednesday. The university says the birds will be tagged at the Illinois Raptor Center in Decatur and later released near…
Nixon withholds money for University of Missouri commission
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A commission set up by Republican legislative leaders to review policies and procedures at the University of Missouri will not get any state funds this year. Gov. Jay Nixon announced Wednesday that he is withholding $750,000 in state funding set aside for the Missouri Review Commission. It was part of…
Trump raises $51 million for campaign and GOP allies
WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump says he raised $51 million for his campaign and allied Republicans in recent weeks – a dramatic uptick from his May numbers but less than likely Democratic presidential opponent Hillary Clinton’s June haul. Trump previewed his latest fundraising numbers Tuesday night on Twitter by writing, “Raised a lot of money…