JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican Gov.-elect Eric Greitens is appointing a North Carolina corrections official to lead Missouri’s Department of Corrections. Greitens announced his pick Wednesday of North Carolina community supervision Director Anne Precythe. The Senate must confirm her appointment. Current Missouri prisons chief George Lombardi had applied to stay on when Greitens assumes…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Despite a standstill over the Illinois budget, a group of bipartisan lawmakers has been meeting more often in recent weeks to devise a plan to overhaul state funding for public schools. Although Illinois’ top leaders aren’t meeting to discuss the state budget, members of Gov. Bruce Rauner’s education funding reform commission…
Jefferson City, MO Â (KTRS) Â A soon to be state lawmaker wants to raise the marriage age requirement in Missouri. Representative-Elect Jean Evans filed her first piece of legislation, HB 270, which calls for raising the minimum age to get a marriage license with parental consent to 17. The current law individuals from the age of…
Warren County, MO  (KTRS)  A man is dead after being hit by a semi in Warren County. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports that the victim clung to the hood of tractor-trailer for miles along I-70 Tuesday night before being hit by another semi rig while running in and out of traffic. The victim has been identified as…
( KTRS ) Police are investigating after a man was shot in North County Tuesday afternoon. Officers were initially called to an area of Prince Drive, in the Castlepoint neighborhood, for a shooting around 4:20 pm. Upon arrival it was discovered that all involved in the shooting had fled the area. A short time later…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois secretary of state’s office will continue mailing out license plate renewal notices for now, even if Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Legislature’s Democratic leaders don’t reach a new budget deal. Dave Drucker, a spokesman for Secretary of State Jesse White’s office, tells the Springfield Bureau of Lee Enterprises…
