SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Nearly two dozen Illinois communities will receive $2.8 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin announced Tuesday the money will go toward helping families learn skills, gain experience and get jobs in an effort to gain self-sufficiency. Grants will go to…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s unemployment rate is up but still is below the national rate. Data from the state’s Economic Development Department released Tuesday show Missouri’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose from 4.3 percent in May to 4.5 percent in June. The national unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in June. The state agency…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A private fundraising campaign to restore the governor’s mansion in Springfield has received about $4.5 million toward its estimated goal of $15 million. The goal is to complete the work at the historic Illinois Executive Mansion before Illinois statehood’s 200th anniversary in 2018. Gov. Bruce Rauner and his wife, Diana Rauner,…
Creve Coeur, MO (KTRS) Monsanto is calling Bayer’s latest bid inadequate. Monsanto’s Board of Directors made that announcement this Tuesday morning after reviewing Bayer’s second proposal. Last week Bayer boosted its offer from $62 billion to $65 billion. Bayer made it’s initial bid back in May to acquire the Creve-Couer based company. Monsanto says however,…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) The search for a missing baby is over. Police say 5-month-old Wisdom Thompson was found unharmed in a Chicago suburb. Wisdom went missing Monday morning from a Spanish Lake home in the 1200 block of Trampe. Police believe she was taken by her mother, 35-year-old Quansa Thompson, whose parental rights…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A state auditor general report has found that a new court in Illinois created to resolve taxpayer complaints has poorly managed expenses and won’t open an office outside of Chicago. The Belleville News-Democrat reports that the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal started a year and a half ago to mediate disputes between…
TAYLORVILLE, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed legislation banning the sale of synthetic drugs known as “bath salts” in Illinois stores. Rauner traveled Monday to Taylorville, about 25 miles southeast of Springfield, to sign the bill aimed at curbing what he called an “epidemic” afflicting rural communities. Every state already bans the chemicals,…
( KTRS ) Illinois State Police have been called to investigate a death at the Madison County Jail. A press release says that around 11am Monday morning the Madison County Sheriffs Department requested the ISP to assume a ‘death investigation’ occurring within the jail facility. The deceased has been identified as 61 year old John…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A mysterious political action committee is giving GOP candidate for Missouri governor and former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens close to $2 million. Greitens’ campaign on Monday reported SEALs for Truth cut him a check for $1,975,000. Federal Election Commission records show the PAC was formed June 15. It hasn’t…
