(KTRS) A radioactive container that went missing last year has been found in Wayne County. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency says that Wayne County Well Surveys Inc. of Fairfield reported the device’s recovery on Friday. The radioactive “well logging source holder” contains americium, a highly radioactive metal. It went missing in October 2015. The discovery,…
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – Spending records show that a southwestern Illinois elected leader facing criticism for personal use of Collinsville credit cards isn’t the only city official to adopt the practice. The Belleville News-Democrat (bit.ly/21T2pM3 ) reports that six other Collinsville officials in four years reimbursed personal purchases made on city-issued credit cards. Collinsville City…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Justice Department says it will drop a lawsuit against Ferguson if the City Council approves a proposed agreement to reform its police department and court. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1TBPhd9 ) obtained a copy of a letter sent Friday to Ferguson’s mayor. In it, the head of the DOJ’s Civil…
Edwardsville, IL (KTRS) Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders made a campaign stop at the Edwardsville campus of Southern Illinois University this morning. Sanders was surrounded by thousands of supporters, mainly millenials at the “A Future To Believe In” rally. Sanders addressed a wide range of issues, including social justice. “How does it happen that unarmed…
Under the bill, elected officials would have to dissolve their campaign committee when they register as a lobbyist with the Missouri Ethics Commission
HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) – Four residents in the northeast Missouri town of Hannibal are filing suit, claiming the city’s water supply exposes them to potential carcinogens. The class-action suit was filed Monday. It alleges that the Hannibal Board of Public Works has, for many years, provided unhealthy water. The suit also names the Missouri Department…
(KTRS) – For the first time, Harris-Stowe University is sending students to take part in a long-term study abroad program. Early Friday Darius Terrell and Zackary Davis started their trip to Ningbo, China where they will spend the next several months continuing their business studies. Education officials say that only 10 percent of students, nationwide, participate…
(KTRS) The Democratic controlled Illinois House has passed legislation to allocate nearly $3.7 billion dollars for colleges and various human service programs amid criticism from Republicans who called it a pre-primary sham because the state has no money. Gov. Bruce Rauner’s budget office sent a letter to House lawmakers before the vote saying he opposes…
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) – The leader of a group operating in South Africa that targeted and stole from hundreds of women across the United States has pleaded guilty to fraud charges in an Illinois federal court. The U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday that 32-year-old Olayinka Ilumsa Sunmola of Nigeria pleaded guilty to fraud…
(KTRS) A fight is brewing over a Missouri proposal to allow beer-makers to lease coolers to stores to keep ales frosty. The Senate passed the measure 18-14 Thursday, a tight vote and the minimum needed to send it to the House. Sponsor Sen. Eric Schmitt says the bill would help consumers and the beer industry…