SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois has received a $100,000 grant to better prepare students for careers in high-skill, in-demand industries. The Illinois State Board of Education announced Tuesday that Illinois is one of 24 states to be awarded grants through the New Skills for Youth initiative. JPMorgan Chase started the $75 million, five-year program to increase…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Federal prosecutors in Alabama say a Missouri woman has been indicted on eight counts in a multistate crime spree. Authorities said 30-year-old Brittany Nicole Harper of Joplin, Missouri, was charged Wednesday with conspiracy to transport a stolen vehicle across state lines, two counts of transporting a vehicle across state lines, three…
( KTRS ) Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrats are trading barbs over who is to blame for the possibility that Chicago State University may have to close due to financial problems. Illinois’ public colleges and universities have waited since July for state funding held up by a budget standoff in Springfield. Rauner accused…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Senate has agreed on a plan to raise the state’s fuel tax by nearly six cents per gallon to pay for road and bridge projects. Senators endorsed the proposal Wednesday. The plan would also require voter approval. Bill sponsor Sen. Doug Libla faced some opposition from fellow Republicans…
(KTRS) – The Centers for Disease Control say that Missouri has their second confirmed case of Zika virus. The CDC says the woman, who is pregnant, recently traveled to Honduras. Health officials say that there may be a connection between pregnant women getting the virus and their children having a birth defect called microcephaly. People…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Hundreds of opponents are rallying at the Missouri Capitol against a bill some say could harm unions. Union members came to Jefferson City on Wednesday to fight a bill to require public employees to give annual written consent before union dues could be withheld from their paychecks. Republican supporters describe…
(KTRS) – Police say they will not seek charges against the woman who hit and killed a Patriot Guard member who was riding in a funeral procession. The accident happened on Monday afternoon in south county. The woman told police that she was stopped at a green light while waiting for the funeral procession to…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An emergency alert was issued briefly Wednesday morning on the campus of Washington University. University officials say the alert issued at 9:36 a.m. was done so as an extra precaution after a report of an incident involving gunfire in the vicinity of the university’s North Campus. The Washington University and St.…
Chicago, IL (KTRS) Prosecutors won’t retry former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich on the five counts tossed by a federal appeals court and have requested a resentencing date. Federal prosecutors made the filing on Wednesday. This comes two days after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Blagojevich’s appeal of his remaining corruption convictions. Those convictions…
