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…
KANSAS CITY, MO (AP) — Jason Kander, a rising star in Democratic politics who narrowly lost a 2016 Senate bid, is dropping out of the race for mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, citing post-traumatic stress disorder stemming from his stint in the military. Kander, who is 37, announced his decision Tuesday. The former Army intelligence…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — J.B. Pritzker, the billionaire Democratic candidate for governor, engaged in a “scheme to defraud” taxpayers when he removed toilets from a Chicago mansion as part of a property tax reassessment that saved him $330,000, according to media reports citing a local government report. The review by Cook County Inspector General Patrick…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — Missouri has more time to comply with stricter identification requirements under the Real ID Act. KMBC-TV reports that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security granted Missouri an extension on Monday through Aug. 1, 2019. At issue is a federal law with tougher proof-of-identity requirements needed at airports, some federal facilities and…