ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis’ black police officers’ association is calling for the city’s police chief to resign, claiming he’s unfair in managing the department and making promotions. Homicide unit Sgt. Heather Taylor, president of the Ethical Society of Police, says the group isn’t accusing Police Chief Sam Dotson of racial discrimination, but that…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed a requirement for voters to show photo identification at the polls. Nixon on Thursday vetoed the bill, saying it would make it harder to vote. The bill would allow people without photo ID to vote after signing a statement saying they don’t have…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois regulators are stopping a struggling insurance company from paying $31.8 million it owes the federal government in a move meant to protect the insurer’s more than 40,000 customers. Chicago-based Land of Lincoln Health is one of the Affordable Care Act’s surviving nonprofit insurance co-ops. The co-ops were funded by low-interest federal…
( KTRS ) A Mississippi River lock and dam north of St. Louis is closed after a towboat spilled more than 2,000 gallons of diesel while passing through the lock. The spill happened Wednesday at Lock and Dam 25 near Winfield, about 45 miles north of St. Louis. The cause of the spill is under…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A University of Illinois Springfield professor and the Illinois Audubon Society are partnering to relocate endangered birds to the state. Ten 6-week-old ospreys were being transported to Decatur from Virginia on Wednesday. The university says the birds will be tagged at the Illinois Raptor Center in Decatur and later released near…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A commission set up by Republican legislative leaders to review policies and procedures at the University of Missouri will not get any state funds this year. Gov. Jay Nixon announced Wednesday that he is withholding $750,000 in state funding set aside for the Missouri Review Commission. It was part of…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Homeless advocates fear a measure pending before the St. Louis Board Aldermen would make it illegal to help the homeless. Reverend Larry Rice of the New Life Evangelistic Center held a news conference Wednesday on St. Louis Board Bill 66, which pertains to vending. Rice calls it the “Anti-Good Samaritan Bill.” “This…
