Firm fined for exposing staff to asbestos criminally probed
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration proceedings against a construction company fined for allegedly importing Mexican workers to remove asbestos are on hold as federal officials look into possible criminal activity by the firm. OSHA last year fined Joseph Kehrer and Albers-based Kehrer Brothers Construction company $1.8 million for having the…
Flash flood watch in effect for most of the area
( KTRS ) Heavy rain moved into the area early Sunday morning and it’s expected to stay until Tuesday. Due to this the National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for the greater 550 KTRS-AM listening area. Flooding is expected on the Meramec River at Pacific, Eureka, Valley Park and Arnold. Officials with…
Army sergeant from Illinois killed in Afghanistan incident
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. Defense Department says an army sergeant from southern Illinois has died in noncombat related incident in Afghanistan. The Pentagon announced Sunday that 36-year-old Staff Sgt. Christopher A. Wilbur of Granite City died Friday in Kandahar. The exact cause of Wilbur’s death wasn’t revealed. According to the Pentagon, Wilbur was involved…
Rauner signs bill allowing officers to adopt police dogs
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed legislation that gives retiring police dogs the chance to be adopted by their handlers. With the new law, retiring dogs will first be offered to an officer for adoption or be given to a no-kill shelter. Currently, it is up to the village manager, mayor or…
Suspect charged in Shooting at Funeral home
( KTRS ) A man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that took place at a Funeral home. On August 8th police were called to a funeral home in 3900 block of Washington for a shooting. Upon arrival officers found 39 yr old George Calmese Jr and another victim lying on the sidewalk.…
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Clinton says email rules different for Hillary
WASHINGTON (AP) – Bill Clinton says it was a mistake for Hillary Clinton to maintain a personal email server even though her predecessors and her successor at the State Department did it. But the former president says his wife should have known that there would be a different set of rules applied to her if she…
Sweden digs in on proposal to ban lobsters from Europe
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Sweden is digging in on a proposal to ban imports of live lobsters into the European Union after a rebuke from American scientists, and the issue could go all the way to the World Trade Organization. Sweden asked the European Union to bar imports of live American lobsters into the bloc…