IDOT to halt road work in many areas during holiday weekend
( KTRS ) The Illinois Department of Transportation says it is halting road construction in many areas of the state during the Memorial Day weekend. Work will be suspended beginning at 3 p.m. Friday afternoon, through Tuesday morning. IDOT is asking motorists to remain alert and to continue to use caution in work zones. Work…
Alton post office picks up and moves
ALTON, Ill. (AP) – The U.S. Postal Service is on the move in Alton, Illinois. The Post Office is moving from the downtown location it leased to a former car dealership. Workers are renovating the space and the government has a 10-year lease with the owner. The Alton Telegraph reports (http://bit.ly/1scMwTV) that Ameren Illinois owns the…
#LindberghCares staging sit in at Lindbergh High School
( KTRS ) Members of the Lindbergh community united around the hashtag “LindberghCares” are planning a sit in today at Lindbergh High School’s Central office. LindberghCares is a hashtag started online by a student at the school. It was created in efforts to centralize the disdain some in the community feel about the current treatment…
Illinois road plan focuses on maintenance and repair
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration says it will spend the next six years trying to maintain and improve a deteriorating transit system. The $11.2 billion, six-year program released Thursday by the Illinois Department of Transportation is actually rosier than expected. Transportation Secretary Randy Blankenhorn reported that a newly approved federal highway plan…
Suspect in deadly St. Louis carjacking killed by police
WASHINGTON PARK, Ill. (AP) – A man sought in the fatal shooting of a woman during a carjacking in which the suspects threw an infant from the vehicle has been shot and killed by police in Illinois. Illinois State Police Master Sgt. Mark Doiron says the 21-year-old man was killed by federal marshals and a…
Rauner, Democrats keep fighting over budget as time runs out
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The prospects that Illinois’ nearly yearlong budget stalemate will soon end are quickly diminishing even though Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner says he’s still “hopeful” for a deal. Legislative leaders were meeting with Rauner Thursday afternoon. But Democrats have so far ignored Rauner’s calls for compromise. House Democrats have approved their own…
Missouri Republicans respond to transgender bathroom directive
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Republican legislative leaders and more than 100 others say they oppose the Obama administration’s directive on transgender student bathroom access. Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder first sent a letter opposing the guidance that public schools allow students to use restrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identity. Kinder on…
Missouri Senate staffer to look into Planned Parenthood records
The Senate has until mid-June to review the files