EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A southern Illinois man who advocated sex between children and adults in online posts has been charged with attempting to solicit children into having sex with adults. Forty-year-old James Lopes is accused of giving children cards imprinted with a website that contained his teachings regarding sex between adults and children as…
( KTRS ) Illinois business leaders say they want the state to invest more money in early education to meet the demands of a growing job market centered on math and science. Business leaders says they support Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s plan to increase preschool funding to about $393 million, an increase of $75 million from…
PINE LAWN, Mo. (AP) – A former Pine Lawn police officer has been charged with assaulting a clerk at a gas station. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1VVXHMW ) reports that 36-year-old Nicholas Stone was charged Monday with third-degree assault following an investigation by the Missouri Highway Patrol. Court documents say that while Stone was on…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Gov. Jay Nixon has signed a higher education budget that will result in a tuition freeze at public universities. Nixon approved the $1.3 billion spending plan Wednesday without vetoing any individual items. Public universities and colleges will see a $37 million boost to core funding. That amounts to a 4…
St. Louis County, MO  (KTRS)  The estranged husband of a Sunset Hills woman who went missing nearly a year ago is facing charges. St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch announced  Wednesday morning that John McLaughlin has been charged with second degree murder in the death of Linda McLaughlin. McCulloch says the presumed remains of Linda…
(KTRS) – Many companies and LGBT-rights activists are celebrating the defeat of a proposal that would have protected some businesses if they denied services for same-sex weddings. Three Republicans joined Democrats on a House Committee to kill SJR 39. The resolution already passed out of the Senate and if it had passed the House, it…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – A suburban St. Louis is charged with second-degree murder for allegedly killing his wife and burying her body in a remote area. Charges were filed Wednesday against 58-year-old John McLaughlin of Sunset Hills. Authorities say 57-year-oldLinda McLaughlin disappeared on June 1. St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch says her body was…
CHICAGO (AP) – An advocacy group supporting victims of sex abuse says they hope the 15-month prison sentence for former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert in his hush money case will help deter future crimes and encourage victims and witnesses to speak out. Hastert was sentenced in federal court Wednesday after pleading guilty to violating…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House Judiciary Committee has approved election-year legislation bolstering federal efforts against the growing problem of drug addiction. In a year that’s seen little cooperation between the two parties on major issues, the bipartisan measure sailed through the committee Wednesday by voice vote. The measure was among a pile of bills House…
WASHINGTON (AP) –Â John Kasich is taking in stride the fact that he earned only five delegates in Tuesday’s five primaries, highlighting that he did better that rival Ted Cruz. Kasich took second in Maryland, Delaware, Rhode Island and Connecticut, while Cruz bested Kasich in his native state of Pennsylvania. Cruz gained three delegates. Trump, by…