WASHINGTON (AP) – Bryce Harper hit a slump-busting home run, Danny Espinosa also went deep and the Washington Nationals got seven strong innings from right-hander Joe Ross in a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night. Washington trailed 1-0 in the sixth inning before Harper ended a 4-for-33 skid with a no-doubt-about-it…
ALTON, Ill. (AP) – The U.S. Postal Service is on the move in Alton, Illinois. The Post Office is moving from the downtown location it leased to a former car dealership. Workers are renovating the space and the government has a 10-year lease with the owner. The Alton Telegraph reports (http://bit.ly/1scMwTV) that Ameren Illinois owns the…
( KTRS ) Members of the Lindbergh community united around the hashtag “LindberghCares” are planning a sit in today at Lindbergh High School’s Central office. LindberghCares is a hashtag started online by a student at the school. It was created in efforts to centralize the disdain some in the community feel about the current treatment…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration says it will spend the next six years trying to maintain and improve a deteriorating transit system. The $11.2 billion, six-year program released Thursday by the Illinois Department of Transportation is actually rosier than expected. Transportation Secretary Randy Blankenhorn reported that a newly approved federal highway plan…
WASHINGTON PARK, Ill. (AP) – A man sought in the fatal shooting of a woman during a carjacking in which the suspects threw an infant from the vehicle has been shot and killed by police in Illinois. Illinois State Police Master Sgt. Mark Doiron says the 21-year-old man was killed by federal marshals and a…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The prospects that Illinois’ nearly yearlong budget stalemate will soon end are quickly diminishing even though Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner says he’s still “hopeful” for a deal. Legislative leaders were meeting with Rauner Thursday afternoon. But Democrats have so far ignored Rauner’s calls for compromise. House Democrats have approved their own…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Republican legislative leaders and more than 100 others say they oppose the Obama administration’s directive on transgender student bathroom access. Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder first sent a letter opposing the guidance that public schools allow students to use restrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identity. Kinder on…
The Senate has until mid-June to review the files
Students can get a refund on the books, or stickers to cover up the quotes
Donald Trump has reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination for president