CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois will use the $108 million it got from the government’s Volkswagen emissions scandal settlement to improve air quality, mostly by replacing old diesel engines with more environmentally friendly options. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Volkswagen reached a series of settlements in 2016 and 2017 to resolve U.S. complaints. The complaints…
By SUMMER BALLENTINE, Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday appointed a local school board president and a former technical college president to the state’s once-embattled K-12 education board, bringing it close to fully staffed. Seven of eight seats on the State Board of Education now are filled, a step…
By MELISSA DANIELS and NICHOLAS RICCARDI , Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Sen. John McCain was eulogized as a “true American hero” — and a terrible driver with a wicked sense of humor and love of a good fight — at a crowded church service for the maverick politician Thursday that ended with the playing…
Berkeley, MO (KTRS) Two Berkeley Police officers were taken to the hospital after being injured while responding to an incident early this morning. Authorities say this occurred in an area of the Madelaine Manor Walk apartments. The officers’ injuries are not said to be life threatening. Police still have not released details on the circumstances…
O’Fallon, IL (KTRS) Three suspects are in custody following a police chase in the metro-east early Thursday morning. Police say this stemmed from a car break in on Liberty Crossing in O’Fallon, Illinois. The chase ended when the car crashed into a utility pole on Route 111 and Horseshoe Lake Road. Two of the suspects got…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is signaling that he knows who will succeed White House counsel Don McGahn, saying he’s “very excited” about the individual. Trump did not announce a successor in his tweet Thursday but said: “I am very excited about the person who will be taking the place of Don McGahn as White…
(KTRS) One person is dead and another seriously injured after a head on collision in Jefferson county Missouri. The Missouri Highway Patrol says 43 year-old Michael J. Hoyle of Fredericktown Missouri failed to make a turn on Highway 110 near Upper Plattin Rd. Wednesday and hit another vehicle head-on. Hoyle died on the scene. The…
By JEFF KAROUB and JOSH REPLOGLE , Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Mourners streamed in for a second day Wednesday to pay their respects to Aretha Franklin, who was dressed in a different outfit for her final public viewing, as if making a costume change during a show. Fans waited festively outside, then walked in…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis County Family Court is nearly in full compliance with Justice Department recommendations to address concerns raised five years ago about the court’s treatment of juveniles, particularly blacks, court officials said Wednesday. The court released the findings of a new Justice Department audit showing that the court is in…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by The Satanic Temple against Missouri abortion laws, but there still are two pending lawsuits that could revive the complaints. Judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit upheld a lower court’s dismissal of the lawsuit, which…