Exelon to close 2 nuclear sites; still pushing for subsidies
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Exelon Corp. says it will shut two Illinois nuclear plants because of legislative inaction on state financial support, but the company is still lobbying for the plan. An email obtained by The Associated Press that Exelon President and CEO Chris Crane sent to employees about Thursday’s decision also urged them to…
Missouri budget director says state revenues up 3 percent
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s budget director says revenue is up 3.4 percent compared to the same time last year. Director Dan Haug on Thursday announced that the state brought in about $8.1 billion in the current fiscal year through May. At the same time last year, the state had $7.8 billion. Revenue in May…
14-year-old accused of suburban St. Louis carjacking
OVERLAND, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a 14-year-old is accused as a juvenile of carjacking a California woman’s rental car last month while she was getting gas in a St. Louis suburb. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the St. Louis teenager is charged with robbery, second-degree assault and resisting arrest. Overland police Lt. Steve…
NGA decides to stay in St. Louis
( KTRS ) Officials have announced plans to relocate a federal spy agency to a new site in St. Louis rather than across the Mississippi River in southern Illinois. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency announced on it’s website that its western headquarters will be moved to north St. Louis, in the area that was previously the…
Authorities investigating fatal Thursday night shooting.
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting in Moline Acres. At 8:40 p.m. Thursday night, police were called to the 9800 block of Wendell Drive in reference to a call for shots fired. Upon arrival, officers found an 18 yr old male, laying in the driveway of a home. He was pronounced dead…