HILLSBORO, Ill. (AP) – Some central Illinois residents are asking state regulators to reject a proposed expansion of a coal mine where an underground fire has smoldered for nearly a year. Opponents of Foresight Energy’s planned Deer Run Mine expansion testified at a Thursday public hearing in Hillsboro that the company’s inability to quell the…
( KTRS ) The O’Fallon, MO. Police Department is looking for a suspect who viciously attacked a teen and left him needing surgery. Police say the male victim, in his early teens, was assaulted in the Pin Oak Mobile Home Park around 6 pm Thursday night. The victim is currently at an area hospital and…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Legislation requiring a private company to review Missouri’s welfare rolls is moving forward in the Legislature. On Thursday the House passed a bill 129-27, and the Senate in a voice vote gave initial approval to its version of the proposal. The measures would require the state to hire a company…
(KTRS) – The coroner who performed the autopsy on 3-year-old Titus Tackett says the boy died from hypothermia. The examiner also noted that Titus had no bruises or signs of child abuse. The preliminary report states that the examiner does not see any reason why anyone would be charged with homicide at this point. Titus…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers are considering several measures to combat what they call a heroin epidemic. The House voted 154-2 Thursday to allow pharmacists to sell naloxone, which temporarily counteracts the effects of opiates and is used to treat overdoses. The bill now heads to the Senate. Republican Rep. Holly Rehder has…
Ironton, MO (KTRS) An autopsy will be performed on Thursday on a three-year-old boy who went missing from his grandfather’s home in southeast Missouri. Investigators say the body of Titus Tackett was found late Wednesday morning in a minivan, about a mile from his grandfather’s home in Ironton. A search was launched after family members…
St. Charles County, MO (KTRS) The Missouri Department of Transportation is facing legal action following a traffic accident near Wentzville that claimed the lives of a mother and her two children last month. Relatives of the victims, 36-year-old Jacqueline Faudi and her 6-year-old and 7-month-old daughters, filed a wrongful death suit against MODOT this week.…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is asking its federal counterpart for more time to assess damage form early-winter floods that struck nearly two dozen counties. The Belleville News-Democrat ( bit.ly/1V4hHcw ) reports that the state agency is seeking to extend the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Friday deadline for damage assessments until…
HILLSBORO, Ill. (AP) – The owner of a southern Illinois coal mine where an underground fire has smoldered for nearly a year is asking state regulators to approve an expansion that some local residents fear could jeopardize public health and cause environmental damage. Foresight Energy ceased production at its Deer Run Mine in early January…
( KTRS ) A Senate panel is considering four bills that would change Missouri’s laws on texting while driving, seatbelts and motorcycle helmets. One bill reviewed in a hearing Wednesday would require everyone in a car to wear a seatbelt, including adults in the backseat. Two other proposals would ban texting while driving, which currently is…