( KTRS ) Agricultural leaders have established a not-for-profit Illinois Fairgrounds Foundation to catch up on nearly $200 million in needed maintenance. The foundation’s task will be to raise funds to maintain the fairgrounds in Springfield and DuQuoin. Combined, the fairgrounds need to raise $180 million to pay for overdue maintenance. Gov. Bruce Rauner supported…
CHICAGO (AP) – Aetna is leaving the Affordable Care Act health insurance exchange in Illinois for 2017, further reducing competition. Aetna’s announcement late Monday leaves six companies selling plans for next year to individuals and families on the Illinois “Obamacare” marketplace. Illinois Department of Insurance spokesman Michael Batkins says two insurers remain selling plans to…
A man fatally shot in O’Fallon, MO, was reportedly attempting to burgle a house owned by Pamela Hupp, a key figure in a Lincoln County murder case. Just after noon Tuesday, police were called to a home in the 1200 block of Little Brave Drive. Police Chief Roy Joachimstaler told the St. Louis Post Dispatch…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner was among a group of buyers making a record bid the champion steer at the Illinois State Fair. Rauner and a group calling itself Friends of the Exhibitor on Tuesday paid $104,000 for the 1,324-pound cross-breed Grand Champion Steer named “David L.” The bid bested the previous Illinois…
Wentzville, MO Â (KTRS) Â Construction is underway on Wentzville’s first new city hall in forty years. A groundbreaking ceremony was Tuesday afternoon for the $9.3-million facility. The current city hall on Pearce Boulevard is one of nine buildings that houses city staff. The new facility being build on Schroeder Creek Boulevard will house all departments. City…
CHICAGO (AP) – When Illinois voters head to the polls in November, the first ballot question won’t be for presidential candidates, but a measure aimed at protecting the state’s transportation-related funding from being used for other purposes. The proposed constitutional amendment seeks to prevent money generated through tolls, taxes and other transportation-related sources from being…
(KTRS) – Police say that a woman shot and killed a man during a home invasion in O’Fallon, Missouri. Police were called to the home around noon Tuesday for a burglary in progress. When police arrived the woman, who lives in the home, said she shot the man. Police say they are still investigating the…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office has issued an opinion stating that privately transmitted emails about government business are subject to disclosure in a case involving Chicago police officers’ discussion of the Laquan McDonald shooting. Open-records advocates say the public access counselor’s binding declaration – combined with a May court opinion…
Illinois raised speed limits on rural interstates from 65 mph to 70 mph at the beginning of 2014
St. Louis County, MO Â (KTRS) Â Â Two children are dead following a traffic accident near UMSL. Police say an SUV crashed into a sedan at the intersection of Hanley Road at University Place Drive around 9 p.m Monday. Â According to the investigation, the driver of the sedan, a 21-year-old woman was attempting to make a left…