PALMYRA, Ill. (AP) – At least 10 law enforcement agencies in Illinois have turned to the Internet to raise enough money to purchase body cameras for officers. As of Friday, departments in Palmyra, Benld, South Pekin, East St. Louis and six other municipalities in the state had signed up for free on the website BodyCameraDonations.com…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has demanded that a financially shaky Peabody Energy prove it has the $92 million necessary to restore Illinois mining land if it shuts down. Madigan sent a letter Monday to the St. Louis-based coal company seeking details on the bond amount available for its southern Illinois…
( KTRS ) Fire departments all around St. Louis are trying to find the source of the haze that has blanketed the area. The smoky haze has residents from South St. Louis to Jefferson County, and central St. Louis County calling area fire departments. In addition, authorities in Columbia and Valmeyer, IL. are also searching…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Black faculty members at the University of Missouri say the school needs to reconsider retention tactics if it hopes to recruit and keep faculty of color. The Columbia Missourian reports that last fall, student activist group Concerned Student 1950 demanded an increase in black faculty and staff at the university to…
HAVANA (AP) –Â President Obama says he believes the Cuban trade embargo is going to end, and while he can’t predict when that will be, he believes it will happen at some point because the embargo has not served the interest of the U.S. or the Cuban people. Obama says the U.S. has exercised as much…
(KTRS) – Senator Claire McCaskill is heading on the road in an effort to find ways to make college more affordable. Senator McCaskill started her College Affordability Tour at Metro High School Monday. The senator is calling college and student debt a crisis. According to one study Missouri students graduate college with more than $20,000…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – St. Louis County’s population isn’t quite 1 million, and that is having ramifications on the company that provides water to the region. U.S. Census figures from 2010 show the county’s population at 998,954. An appeals court panel in Kansas City recently ruled that since the population isn’t 1 million, Missouri-American Water…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Legislation has been introduced in the Illinois Senate to raise the age to purchase tobacco products in the state from 18 to 21. Democratic state Sen. John Mulroe of Chicago says he hopes the bill he’s sponsoring will decrease the number of young people who start smoking. But the Illinois Retail…
St. Louis, MO  (KTRS)  The St. Louis Archdiocese used Palm Sunday to hold another “Mass Mob” event. A “Mass Mob” service was held  at St. Mary of Victories Catholic Church in downtown St. Louis. Mass Mobs are scheduled, grassroots gatherings at historic urban Catholic churches with the intent of drawing hundreds of people to attend…
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â A man is dead following a weekend shooting in north St. Louis. Police say the victim was shot in the 3900 block of Lexington Avenue on Saturday afternoon. There’s no word of any arrests. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. This brings the unofficial murder count in the city of…