CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) – United National Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will deliver his last public lecture while in office at Southern Illinois University next week. SIU officials say the secretary general will speak Wednesday at the Carbondale campus. His talk will include the topic “What I Have Learned and Would Like to Pass On.” SIU…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – An Illinois lawmaker wants to make seat belts on school buses a requirement in the wake of a fatal crash in Chattanooga, Tennessee, that sparked concern about bus safety. The (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald reports that Democratic state Rep. Lou Lang will propose legislation requiring three-point seat belts on new, large…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A St. Louis-area executive is accused in a brutal kidnapping. A federal grand jury has indicted Todd Beckman for allegedly kidnapping a man before Thanksgiving and collecting a $27,000 ransom from the victim’s parents. Beckman is the president and CEO of Massage Luxe and Tanco. Kerry Roades, Zachary Smith and brothers…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Colleges and universities are again deciding whether to front grant money to low-income students who are supposed to be receiving state aid as Illinois’ budget remains uncertain. The Southern Illinoisan reports a survey recently released by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission suggests some schools that covered grants in the fall aren’t…
( KTRS ) Police are investigating a drive-by shooting in Jennings. Authorities report that the shooting took place in the 7100 block of Florence Place around 5:20 Thursday evening. One male victim was shot in the leg and was taken to hospital for a non-life threatening injury. The St. Louis County Police Department’s Bureau of…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Missouri Department of Corrections alleging inmates did not receive proper hepatitis C treatment. The ACLU and the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center in St. Louis filed the federal lawsuit for the inmates Thursday. Inmates in the lawsuit claim they didn’t receive…
