CARBONDALE, IL (AP) — Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Chancellor Carlo Montemagno was remembered as a passionate educator during a campus memorial service nearly two weeks after his death. Montemagno became the Carbondale campus leader in August 2017 and revealed in June that he was undergoing aggressive treatment for cancer. SUI interim President Kevin Dorsey said during…
CLAYTON, MO (AP) — New sample ballots for the Nov. 6 election will be sent out to 12 percent of St. Louis County voters after they received the wrong sample ballots in the mail due to a print vendor’s mistake. Election officials said Wednesday that the mistake does not affect any real ballots, including absentee…
SPANISH LAKE, MO (AP) — Horses near an elementary school in northeast Missouri caused a brief shutdown at the school after deciding to go on a short romp. Six or seven of horses from the Division Cavalry Brigade barn in north St. Louis County wandered the campus of Larimore Elementary School Tuesday, causing officials to…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — An Illinois appellate court has ruled that a state labor board erred when it declared that Gov. Bruce Rauner’s negotiations with a state labor union were at a standstill. The ruling Tuesday by the Fourth District Appellate Court sends the issue back to the Illinois State Labor Relations Board. The board…
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Joplin police are investigating an Uber driver’s report that she was raped by a customer. Capt. Trevor Duncan says police learned of the attack when the 50-year-old woman sought treatment Sunday at a Joplin hospital. The Joplin Globe reports the Uber driver told police she drove two men to a downtown…
(KTRS) ST. LOUIS MO Westbound Highway 70 over the Blanchette Bridge was closed for three hours, due a man stuck underneath the Bridge. The man reportedly wondered up on the bridge from the Casino side and got stuck on a pylon just after 9 p.m. Tuesday. Emergency crews brought in a boom with a bucket…
By SUMMER BALLENTINE , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge on Tuesday made clear that local election workers cannot enforce a core requirement in a new voter photo identification law, taking away the teeth of the law in advance of a marquee U.S. Senate election on Nov. 6. At issue is…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (AP) — A Northern California judge on Monday upheld a jury’s verdict that found Monsanto’s weed killer caused a groundskeeper’s cancer, but she slashed the amount of money to be paid from $289 million to $78 million. In denying Monsanto’s request for a new trial, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Suzanne Bolanos…
COLUMBIA, MO (AP) — A Columbia restaurant that planned to offer young people a special on sandwiches if they voted canceled the promotion after questions were raised about its legality. Sycamore announced on its Facebook page Oct. 13 that people ages 18 to 30 who brought “I Voted” stickers to the restaurant on Nov. 6…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — A Missouri judge on Tuesday made clear that local election workers cannot enforce a core requirement in a new voter photo identification law, taking away the teeth of the law in advance of a marquee U.S. Senate election on Nov. 6.At issue is a new law that had directed voters…