CENTRALIA, IL (AP) — An ironworker was killed while working on a construction site at Centralia Junior High School in southern Illinois. Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon said Friday that 32-year-old Matthew Smith of Tilden appeared to have been electrocuted. His death would have been instant. Cannon said Smith had been using a welder operated…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed an amendatory veto of a bill that imposes a prohibition on employers asking applicants their salary history. The bill is aimed at eliminating the pay gap between male and female employees. In his veto message Friday, Rauner noted House Bill 4163 “substantially resembles” the bill he…
SPRINGFIELD, MO (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local): 8 p.m. President Donald Trump says he won’t rush into any deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump tells a rally Friday in Springfield, Missouri, that he received a “beautiful letter” two days ago from Kim. But he’s not saying…
FESTUS, Mo. (AP) — A man and his adult son were killed when their small plane crashed near a Jefferson County airport, even as the pilot’s fiancee tried to guide in the plane with a flashlight. The wreckage was discovered Friday morning in woods near the airport runway in Festus. The victims’ names haven’t been…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) St. Louis County police are looking for a woman they say tried to abduct an 11-year-old girl while she waited for a school bus in south county this morning. Police say the girl the girl was at the intersection of West Ripa and Lark Avenue about 7:30 Friday morning when a vehicle pulled…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — A new report says emissions near a troubled St. Louis County landfill posed health concerns for workers and nearby residents, but remediation efforts have largely diminished the risks. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services on Friday released a report based on air quality data collected near Bridgeton Landfill . The landfill has…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — A Missouri appeals court has ruled that voters should get to decide on a proposed constitutional amendment that would change the way the state’s legislative districts are drawn and impose new ethical restrictions on lawmakers. The ruling Friday by a Western District appeals panel overturns a lower court decision that…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Washington University will offer free Uber rides for students from its main campus in St. Louis after recent reports of gun crimes in the area. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports recent incidents include a man being shot during an apparent carjacking near campus and armed suspects approaching a student and demanding his…
PEORIA, IL (AP) — A U.S. Department of Agriculture report says crops are maturing more quickly in Illinois this year compared to 2017. The agency’s most recent Illinois Crop Progress and Condition report estimates that 75 percent of the corn crop was mature by Sept. 16, compared to 37 percent last year. The report estimates…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Two suburban St. Louis men face federal charges for possessing and intending to distribute enough fentanyl for 1.5 million doses of the dangerous synthetic opioid. The U.S. attorney’s office in St. Louis announced charges Thursday against 27-year-old Ruben Lopez and 31-year-old Jonathen Aguilar, both of St. Charles, Missouri. Federal prosecutors…