ST. LOUIS (AP) – A former longtime head of St. Louis’ Teamsters union during the 1980s has died. Robert “Bobby” Sansone’s family tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that Sansone died Friday of respiratory failure. He was 78. Sansone served for a dozen years as president of the Teamsters’ Joint Council 13, which represented St. Louis’ 35,000…
( KTRS ) Commuters that drive eastbound I-70 near I-170, may want to give yourself some extra time. MODOT Crews will be closing one lane, to make pavement repairs, on eastbound I-70 at I-170 from 9 a.m. Monday morning, to 5 a.m. Tuesday. The lane will close again on Tuesday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens often recounts how he volunteered in Bosnia helping children separated from their families by a horrific ethnic war. But the refugee camps he visited as a college student in summer 1994 actually were in neighboring Croatia. The discrepancy is notable because Greitens’ campaign is…
( KTRS ) Illinois has become the latest state to grant legal protections to nannies, house keepers and in-home caregivers with a domestic workers “bill of rights” Gov. Bruce Rauner approved the law earlier this month. The new Illinois rules extend sexual harassment protection, minimum-wage pay and a guaranteed one day off in a seven-day…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois State Police say a 17-year-old girl has been arrested in the weekend stabbing of a 16-year-old girl at the Illinois State Fair. A statement from the agency says the stabbing occurred Saturday night in the carnival area of the fair in Springfield. The brief statement says the 16-year-old girl was expected…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri lawmaker is resigning to avoid a new waiting period for legislators to become lobbyists. Hartville Republican Rep. Tony Dugger stepped down Friday. In an interview with The Associated Press, he cited a law set to take effect Aug. 28 that will require lawmakers to wait six months after…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Ethics Commission says it has found no evidence that Republican state Sen. Kurt Schaefer improperly used his authority over state spending in an effort to keep an opponent out of the Republican primary for attorney general. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the commission told Schaefer about the…
CHICAGO (AP) – Gay rights advocates say an Illinois Supreme Court ruling is a step backward for same-sex couples and will also harm all unmarried domestic partners. The court on Thursday rejected 5-2 a claim by a Chicago woman who split up with her partner after nearly 30 years of living together. The two women…
Webster Groves, MO (KTRS) Police are calling the death of a Webster University student employee suspicious. Authorities say 42-year-old Chorsie Martin, hadn’t been heard from since last Friday. His body was discovered in his apartment Thursday morning after several attempts were made to contact him. Martin worked in the university’s IT department and was also…
