JACKSONVILLE, IL (AP) — Illinois State Police are investigating a video posted online claiming to show a sexual encounter between two Illinois School for the Deaf students at the institution. Master Sgt. Mike Link tells The (Springfield) State Journal-Register that the incident reportedly happened in April. The School for the Deaf is part of state government. It…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — Illinois’ political parties can make a leap toward eliminating sexual harassment and bolstering gender equity by electing women to half of all political offices in the state, according to a report released Wednesday by a panel of women in state government. The report from the Illinois Anti-Harassment, Equality and Access Panel challenges political…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A teenager is in critical condition after being shot by a St. Louis police officer. This happened at just before noon Wednesday when a officers responded to a disturbance near Union Boulevard and Wabada Avenue in north St. Louis. Police Chief John Hayden says a plain-clothed officer got out of an unmarked…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis is facing another lawsuit over the police response to protests, this time from a city alderwoman. Alderwoman Megan Green filed a federal lawsuit accusing police of using tear gas on her without justification during a demonstration after former Police Officer Jason Stockley was acquitted…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — A Missouri neurosurgeon and his fiancée have been ordered to pay $5.5 million to the federal government for a health care kickback scheme. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the civil judgment was ordered Tuesday in the case against Dr. Sonjay Fonn, of Cape Girardeau, and his fiancée, Deborah Seeger. The…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner has vetoed legislation that would permit experts to study the impact of supplemental feeding of wild deer. The Republican on Tuesday rejected the proposal by Mahomet (muh-HAH’-meht) Republican Sen. Chapin Rose for the University of Illinois Prairie Research Institute study. Hunters advocate supplemental feeding to ensure deer herds have proper nutrition during…
Freeburg, IL (KTRS) A child is dead after being struck by a car in Freeburg. Police say 14-year-old Mason Schmittling was riding his bike Tuesday afternoon when he was hit by a 16-year-old driver at the intersection of North State Street and Main Street. The teen was taken to the hospital, where he died a short…
A new bar and restaurant measure was passed in St. Charles Missouri last night. St. Charles City Council voted in the bill that will have three main parts. First, a three-person Liquor Commission, comprised of the chief of police, the Finance Director and Community Development Director, who will oversee the St. Charles establishments. There will…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (AP) — Many Girl Scout leaders in southeast Missouri are upset about a recent decision to permanently close a local camp that’s been a popular destination for more than 50 years. The Missouri Heartland Girl Scouts council’s board decided Friday to close the Cherokee Ridge Girl Scouts camp on Dec. 16, the Southeast…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — The building that once housed President Abraham Lincoln’s law office in Springfield will soon be opened as a tourist welcome center. The first floor of the Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices historic site will open next month as an extension of the Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau, The State Journal-Register reported . Major work to…