SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner has laid off 29 Illinois Department of Transportation employees who were among those improperly hired based on political connections. The Republican said Thursday he issued notices to the so-called “staff assistants” hired by skirting personnel rules under two previous Democratic governors. They were told their last day is…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Missouri Supreme Court has disbarred a former St. Louis city prosecutor who helped cover up a police detective’s beating of a handcuffed man. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the state’s high court last month revoked Bliss Barber Worrell’s Missouri law license. Worrell was sentenced in July to 18 months of…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A Missouri judge has fined the state Highway Patrol $5,000 after finding that it violated open records law in responding to requests from the family of an Iowa man who drowned while in custody. Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem issued the order Wednesday. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2cjU17R…
(KTRS) – UPDATE: The Endangered Person Advisory concerning a missing north county toddler has been canceled. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that 2-year-old Deantre Diamond has been found safe. He was reported missing after his grandparents did not return him to his parents as scheduled on August 28. EARLIER: Police are searching for a missing…
(KTRS) – Starting in two weeks visitors to Scott Air Force Base will need more than a Missouri drivers license to get onto the property. The change is required by the REAL ID Act of 2005. The goal of the legislation was to stop would-be terrorists from getting false credentials by forcing states to issue…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican candidate for Missouri governor Eric Greitens has outraised Democratic opponent Attorney General Chris Koster in recent weeks, but Koster still has more cash to spend. Reports provided to The Associated Press on Thursday in advance of campaign finance filings show former Navy SEAL officer Greitens raised about $4.6 million…
Tesla called the lawsuit an attempt to decrease competition
CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago recorded its deadliest month in two decades in August, part of a sharp rise in gun violence in the nation’s third-largest city this year. Chicago police said Thursday that 90 people were killed last month, a 66 percent increase over August 2015. There were 472 shooting victims – an average of…
The blast shook buildings several miles away
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) One man is dead and another is injured following a shooting in north St. Louis. Police say the victims were gunned down Wednesday afternoon on North Kingshighway Boulevard and Highland Avenue. The surviving victim’s injuries aren’t said to be life threatening. The deceased victim’s name hasn’t been released. There’s no word…