CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger says the state’s backlog of unpaid bills will be roughly $10 billion by the year’s end after factoring in the temporary spending plan lawmakers recently approved. The backlog is roughly $7.8 billion. Legislators approved a stop-gap budget that will cover about six months. The move followed a year-long…
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St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Ameren crews are working to restore power to thousands of customers following Wednesday’s severe weather. Nearly 100,000 customers remain without power on both sides of the river. South county was the hardest hit in the St. Louis area, while Belleville and O’Fallon were the hardest hit areas in the metro-east. There’s…
Belleville, IL (KTRS) A metro-east man is dead as a result of the powerful storms that moved through the area Wednesday afternoon. Authorities say the man came into contact with a live power line while removing tree limbs at his Belleville home on South 18th Street. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. Anyone who spots…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two are dead and two are recovering, including a St. Louis police officer, after a shooting in south city. Police say a man confronted his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend on the front porch of a home in the 3000 block of Miami Thursday night. That’s when he allegedly pulled out…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s public defender agency is suing over what it calls Gov. Jay Nixon’s unconstitutional decision to withhold $3.5 million in funds for defending the indigent. The Missouri State Public Defender system and the state’s Public Defender Commission filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Cole County. The plaintiffs allege that Nixon has…
