JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — As the floodwaters recede and the recovery begins, communities swamped by Hurricane Florence soon will be facing deadlines to document the billions of dollars in damage it caused if they want to be reimbursed by the federal government.A missed deadline could be costly, even if it’s not directly the fault…
QUINCY, IL (AP) — Authorities say two nursing home residents and two employees were killed when the bus they were riding slammed head-on into a grain truck in western Illinois. Illinois State Police say the 15-passenger bus caught fire after the crash Tuesday afternoon on U.S. 24 near Quincy and that all four people on…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — A St. Louis man has been charged with fatally shooting a mother of five during an argument. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 38-year-old Lamont Parker was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of Veronica Taylor. No attorney is listed for him in online court…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration says it needs up to two more months to produce a plan to provide three years’ back pay to union workers. A lawyer for the Republican governor told the Illinois State Labor Relations Board in a letter Monday that determining how much is owed to 20,000 workers is…
By JIM HEINTZ and DAVID KEYTON , Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three researchers who “harnessed the power of evolution” to produce enzymes and antibodies that have led to a new best-selling drug and biofuels won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday. Frances Arnold of the California Institute of Technology was awarded half of…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) It was another violent night in the city of St. Louis. Police say the first incident happened at just before 6 p.m. Tuesday, when a man was found fatally shot in the 1900 block of Congress in south St. Louis. Another man was shot and killed in the 3800 block of…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – The Air Force is reprimanding a former Scott Air Force Base commander as part of a plea agreement over sexual misconduct accusations against him. The agreement comes after Col. John Howard was removed in December as commander of the 375th Air Mobility Wing. The (Belleville) News-Democrat reports the reprimand states Howard…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 37-year-old man was placed on two years of unsupervised probation for making a bomb threat at a Walmart in Jefferson City. Carl Rhoads, of Holts Summit, pleaded guilty to third-degree making terroristic threat, a misdemeanor, in September. The Jefferson City News-Tribune reports Rhoads also was ordered never to enter the Walmart…
AFFTON, MO (AP) — A St. Louis County woman is dead following a fire at her apartment, and authorities say she had been shot. Police and fire crews were called to an apartment complex in the Affton area Tuesday afternoon. The victim was found inside one of the units. Police say she had an apparent…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Another attempt by the National Football League to stop a legal showdown over the move of the Rams from St. Louis to Los Angeles has been turned away. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a Missouri appeals court issued a ruling Tuesday that allows a lawsuit to proceed. The St. Louis…