OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – State and federal regulators say 32 disposal wells in northeastern Oklahoma must shut down because they are too near a newly discovered fault line that produced the state’s strongest earthquake on record. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission said Monday that 27 wells under its jurisdiction would cease operations, along with five wells…
Two Frontenac men are in police custody for allegedly raping a teen girl. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that the victim, believed to be at least 17, contacted police Sunday morning. She told them that the men, Alexander Doering and Jeremiah Horsfall-Steinbrenner, both 22 yrs old, lured her to a trailer under the false…
( KTRS ) County Council members are considering a new prescription drug monitoring program for St. Charles County. A public hearing was held Monday night to discuss creating a new measure that would allow the County to operate a program, parallel to similar programs in St. Louis city and county, designed to prevent drug abuse. Those…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A group of clergy and union members rallied outside the Illinois state Capitol to protest what they say is Gov. Bruce Rauner’s efforts to cut social service costs. Springfield home-care provider and Service Employees International Union member Gail Hamilton on Monday called Rauner and legislators who stand with him “immoral.” The…
(KTRS) – Two 14-year-old boys are in custody connected to the murder of a 71-year-old man last week. Police say they are still looking for a third suspect who is 16-years-old. Steve White was shot and killed early Friday morning in Jennings. The teens were taken into custody Monday and are being held by family…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers are attempting to expand Gov. Jay Nixon’s already historic status at the state’s most overridden governor. Since Nixon took office in 2009, the Republican-led Legislature has overridden 83 vetoes of bills and budget expenditures by the Democratic governor. That’s nearly four times the combined total of all other…
The ruling will prevent the automaker from renewing their licenses or receiving new ones.
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Stray Rescue of St. Louis is in urgent need of the public’s help. The no-kill shelter is set to begin a remodeling project Wednesday on its intake area. This means about 50 dogs will need to be placed in foster care during the project, which could take up to eight weeks.…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Republicans are vastly outspending Democrats in fall legislative races with the help of a wealthy governor determined to upend the state’s political establishment. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has contributed $16 million to fund GOP candidates in House and Senate races to try to loosen the Democrats’ supermajorities in each chamber.…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – John Slayton and the Illinois State Fairgrounds Foundation have their work cut out for them. Gov. Bruce Rauner named Slayton, Springfield banker, last month to head the new organization formed to raise money for repair and maintenance of the long-ignored state fairgrounds. The price tag: $180 million. Fair foundations in nearby states Minnesota…