EMINENCE, Mo. (AP) – Paddlers on a couple of rivers in southern Missouri may cross paths with wild horses, and a two-decade-old federal law is being credited for what locals consider a tourist draw. The Springfield News-Leader reports the horses have been roaming freely near the Jacks Fork and Current rivers in Shannon County for…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Republicans selected a commissioner from Downers Grove village to replace Illinois GOP state Rep. Ron Sandack after he resigned his seat over cybersecurity issues involving fraudulent social media accounts allegedly set up in his name. The leaders of the Republican Party in DuPage and Will counties on Saturday selected 27-year-old David…
CHICAGO (AP) – Dozens of Illinois state House elections this November may determine whether Democrats can impose their will on Gov. Bruce Rauner or the Republican gains traction with his ideas to “shake up” the state. The parties have been squabbling over a state budget for more than a year and each side has millions…
( KTRS ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal motorcycle accident in Jefferson County. Authorities report that 30 yr old Harold Frick died Sunday evening after crashing on Southbound I-55 in Arnold. Troopers say Frick was attempting to over take another vehicle on the narrow left shoulder, when lost control, went off…
( KTRS ) The owners of a local orchard are mourning the loss of a family member who died in a plane crash. Larry Mills was piloting a ‘Life Flight’ from California to Oregon, Friday, when smoke began to appear in the cockpit. Apparently radars lost the plane soon after that. In total 4 people…
LOCKHART, Texas (AP) – Police say the pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in Texas and killed all 16 people aboard had been arrested in Missouri for driving while intoxicated in 2000. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported in 2008 that the Better Business Bureau there had warned consumers about doing business with Alfred…
NEW YORK (AP) — Some Asian and Latino supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement are reaching out to others in their communities to convince them that the movement is their fight too. They created a crowd-sourced letter that’s been translated into numerous languages in the wake of the most recent deaths of black people…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man convicted of charges stemming from a cyberattack that disabled the St. Louis County police union website faces new restrictions. Justin Payne pleaded guilty in 2015 to possessing an unregistered firearm and a misdemeanor count of damaging a protected computer. He was accused of using Twitter accounts to unleash a…
BRIDGETON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say four family members have been found shot to death in a suburban St. Louis home. Police told The St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the four people were found dead in the Bridgeton home before noon Saturday. Bridgeton police say it appears the four died of gunshots in an apparent murder-suicide.…
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