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…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Michigan man who allegedly tried to collect fake debts from Gov. Jay Nixon has been charged with a felony for alleged deceptive business practices. Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster on Wednesday said StarProse Corporation CEO Jeffrey Scott Kowalski tried to get tax information and collect non-existent debts from the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation to require high school students to pass a civics test and learn CPR. The legislation signed Wednesday requires high schoolers who start ninth grade after July 2017 to pass an exam similar to the U.S. citizenship test. The measure also creates a pilot program…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri has its first openly gay Miss Missouri. Erin O’Flaherty was crowned Miss Missouri on Saturday in Mexico, Missouri. Ann Jolly, chairman of the board of the Miss Missouri Scholarship Organization, said Wednesday that the 23-year-old O’Flaherty is the first openly gay woman to be named Miss Missouri. O’Flaherty said in…
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) – Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert has arrived at a Minnesota prison to serve his 15-month sentence in a hush-money case involving revelations that he sexually abused at least four boys when he coached wrestling at an Illinois high school. The 74-year-old Illinois Republican arrived around noon Wednesday at the federal…
The law now outlaws ads on posters, websites, apps and other places for prostitution and pornography of children and non-consenting adults
St. Louis, MO  (KTRS)  The St. Louis area is under a heat advisory. The Natural Weather Service is calling for temperatures to reach close to 100 degrees with heat index values up to 110.This has the St. Louis Health Department  says the combination of hot temperatures and high humidity will likely lead to an increased…
