(KTRS)- UPDATE: Everyone is safe after a bomb scare at Mercy Hospital on Monday. The incident began this morning when a hospital employee saw something suspicious inside a mental patient’s bags. That is when the employee took the bags outside, leaving one at the helipad and another on a sidewalk. When the bomb squad responded,…
Ferguson, MO (KTRS) Efforts continue to move Ferguson forward. On Monday morning, Congressman Lacy Clay met with Ferguson Police Chief Delrish Moss and other community leaders at Ferguson’s new Starbucks. Clay says he’s appreciative to Starbucks for choosing Ferguson. “One thing we’ve learned over the almost last two years was the economic inequality that existed…
CHICAGO (AP) – A measure giving Illinois voters a chance to decide if an independent commission should draw the state’s political boundaries is a step closer to the ballot. The State Board of Elections voted Monday that the group called the Independent Map Amendment appeared to have enough valid signatures for the constitutional amendment and…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner’s budget fight with House Speaker Michael Madigan is well known across Illinois. But the Republican now is seeking to extend the scuffle to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, the speaker’s daughter. The Republican repeated a claim last week that the Democratic House speaker and Senate President John Cullerton…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Authorities say an hours-long standoff in which a man was holding a hostage in a St. Louis residence has ended, though it is not immediately clear if anyone was harmed. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1Ud3QBG ) most nearby residents who had been kept away from their homes were allowed to…
