Last-minute Exelon subsidy plan goes to Illinois House floor
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – An Illinois House committee has endorsed a late-hour compromise on a monstrous energy plan originally designed to keep two unprofitable nuclear plants open. The Energy Committee approved the deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually to Exelon Corp. on a 9-1 vote Wednesday night. It’s readied for a House floor…
Reward in shooting of St. Louis bar owner tops $82K
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The reward has climbed to more than $82,000 for information leading to an arrest in the death of a St. Louis bar owner. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://j.mp/2fMD836) 57-year-old Patrick McVey was shot to death in his SUV on Nov. 9. McVey was a co-owner of Maggie O’Brien’s Restaurant &…
Man shot in chest in critical condition
( KTRS ) A man was taken to hospital in critical condition after being shot in the chest Wednesday night. Police say the man was shot around 8 p.m. in the 2600 block of Countryside Drive in what appears to be a domestic incident. One suspect was taken into custody. No further details have been…
Illinois House OKs symbolic measure opposing tax increase
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois house has approved a symbolic measure expressing opposition to passing an income-tax increase during a lame-duck session when fewer votes are required and outgoing legislators don’t have to worry about re-election. Legislators approved a resolution on the matter on a vote of 87 to 12 Wednesday. Resolutions are not…
Canceled: Authorities have issued an endangered person advisory for a missing 18-month-old girl.
( KTRS ) Authorities have issued an endangered person advisory for a missing 18-month-old girl. Kenadie Lipsey was last seen on the Tuesday November 29th. Police say Kenadie’s father, 26 yr old Kendall Lipsey, told her mother she would never see the child again, and then left with her. The incident happened in the 1000…
Caretakers of disabled Illinois residents could get OT pay
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois General Assembly approved a measure allowing home health care workers to get overtime pay for work over 40 hours a week. The 68-42 vote in the House Wednesday would allow disabled people aided by visiting workers to keep familiar faces helping them even if work exceeds 40 hours in…