CHICAGO (AP) – The hourly minimum wage in suburban Chicago will be increased to $13 in action taken by the Cook County board. Wednesday’s action will gradually raise the minimum wage. The first increase, to $10 an hour, takes effect July 1, 2017. The wage rises to $11 a year later and to $12 in…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Municipal League of Metro St. Louis plans to vote Thursday on a proposal to allow the city of St. Louis to become the 91st municipality in the county. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the vote would be only an endorsement of the idea. Any plan to allow the city to…
Authorities are investigating after a woman was found dead in the Greater Ville neighborhood. Police say the woman was found around 4pm in the 4500 block of St. Louis Ave. At this time the cause of death is unknown. No further details have been released.
( KTRS ) The St. Louis County Police Department has issued an Endangered Person Advisory for a missing, possibly suicidal, man. Authorities report that 23 yr old Gavin Newman hasn’t been seen in 10 days. Newman was last seen October 17th at the K-Mart on New Halls Ferry Rd in North County, where he apparently…
CHICAGO (AP) – The first question on Illinois ballots in November’s election isn’t for president or senator, but on a proposed constitutional amendment prohibiting diversion of public money targeted for transportation projects to other state budget needs. Despite widespread bipartisan support, some opponents have surfaced, including social service groups who argue it’s unfair to protect…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) This week is designated as “Safer, Stronger Missouri Week.” Governor Jay Nixon is using this initiative to stress the importance of Missouri’s available resources when faced with a natural disaster. On Monday the Governor was at the Humane Society of Missouri, where he participated in a roundtable briefing on the state’s capabilities…
BENTON, Ill. (AP) – A mayor of a city in southern Illinois says he wants to solve the problem of trains that too often block traffic, including sometimes emergency vehicles. Benton Mayor Fred Kondritz tells The Carbondale Southern Illinoisan that trains can obstruct traffic in the community of 7,000 residents for up to two hours.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens says he wants Missouri to change the way it selects judges. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Greitens supports a Tennessee procedure that gives the governor and Legislature more influence in picking judges. He believes the current system gives trial lawyers too much influence on judicial…
Belleville, IL (KTRS) The cause of an overnight train derailment in Belleville is being investigated. Authorities say a coal train jumped the tracks around 2 a.m. Wednesday at the Norfolk Southern crossings, near Foley Drive and Frank Scott Parkway. Power lines were knocked down in the accident. This has left about five hundred residents and…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An overnight house fire in north St. Louis is to blame for claiming the life of an infant and injuring four others. Firefighters responded to the burning home along the 5100 block of Cates around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday. Six adults and three children were in the home when the fire broke…