JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Wealthy Missouri businessman John Brunner has poured another $1 million into his campaign for governor. Brunner’s campaign on Tuesday reported the suburban St. Louis businessman gave himself another $1 million. He’s entering the final few weeks before the competitive Aug. 2 GOP primary. Former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens, former U.S.…
NEW YORK (AP) – Anheuser-Busch InBev says it has reached an agreement with the Justice Department that clears the way for U.S. approval of its merger with SABMiller. The maker of Budweiser and Bud Light says it will sell SABMiller’s interest in MillerCoors to Molson Coors, as previously announced, as part of the agreement. AB…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A new Illinois law will let drug court participants use medication to combat opioid addiction. Gov. Bruce Rauner signed the measure late last week. It goes into effect Jan. 1. Under the new law, judges are prevented from barring drug court participants from using medications that doctors prescribe to treat opioid…
CHICAGO (AP) – High temperatures and humidity will bake much of the central U.S. this week, sending heat indexes soaring as high as 115 degrees in some places for the first time this year. The National Weather Service says the high pressure system, sometimes called a “heat dome,” will push conditions to their hottest point…
(KTRS) – The 13-year-old suspect in a double shooting at a beauty supply store is in custody. The Post-Dispatch reports that the girl’s family took her to a St. Louis County police station. The girl was wanted for Tuesday’s double shooting at Kings Beauty Supply in Bellefontaine Neighbors. Witnesses say the girl was in the…
DACULA, Ga. (AP) – A Georgia police officer says gunshots were fired from a passing vehicle as he sat in his parked patrol car, the second such shooting in metro Atlanta in a 10-day span. The officer wasn’t hurt. The shootings come as police nationwide are on edge after a total of eight officers were…
The Trump campaign has said denied accusations of plagiarism, saying the similarities were coincidence
Marissa, IL (KTRS) A search is underway for a missing St. Clair County boy. Police say the 6-year-old boy, identified by police only as Joseph, was last seen at a home in Marissa around 4 a.m, Wednesday. Joseph is autistic and non verbal. He was last seen wearing camouflage pajamas on backwards. Anyone with any…
