Belleville, MO Â (KTRS) Â A man is dead after being shot by police in Belleville. Investigators say Belleville police were called at just before 10 p.m. Thursday to an apartment complex in the West Pheasantwood Court subdivision for a report of an intoxicated man with a firearm causing a disturbance. Upon arrival, the man was standing…
CHICAGO (AP) – A struggling Illinois health insurance co-op is suing the federal government, claiming it’s being shortchanged of $72.8 million in promised payments under the Affordable Care Act. Chicago-based Land of Lincoln Health filed the lawsuit Thursday in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C. At least four other insurers previously filed…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A measure has been introduced in the Illinois Legislature that would allow Illinois State Police to notify the FBI if someone on a terrorist watch list applies for a firearm ownership card. The Daily Herald reports that the proposed measure would also add people involved in terrorist threats to the list…
( KTRS ) Mayor Francis Slay will sign Board Bill 40, or the ‘Good Samaritan Law’ into City code, later this morning. The law aims to prevent drug overdose deaths by protecting witnesses or bystanders who call 911. While the law provides immunity to the caller from being prosecuted for using drugs, it remains tough…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Legislature plans to reconvene next week as the state approaches a second year without a budget. Senate President John Cullerton told members Thursday they should return to Springfield on Wednesday. The House also is expected to be in session. Lawmakers have been working on a stopgap budget to fund schools…
Kander said Thursday that he supports amending the U.S. Constitution to require a balanced budget
McCaskill says not only do the companies sometimes charge customers more than they should, but she has first-hand experience with how difficult it can be to get charges removed from a bill
O’Fallon, IL (KTRS)  The fallout continues due to the lack of a state budget in Illinois. The Illinois Department of Transportation  plans to begin shutting down state administered construction projects beginning June 30th due to the state budget impasse. Officials with the city of O’Fallon say this will affect numerous projects in that area. Illinois…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Veteran journalist Ellen Soeteber, the former editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, has died after a brief illness. The Kassly Mortuary in Fairview Heights, Illinois, confirms that Soeteber died on Tuesday. She was 66. Soeteber spent 20 years at the Chicago Tribune before becoming managing editor of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel…
