SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois motorists will stop receiving mailed notifications about vehicle emissions testing, starting with vehicle owners whose license plates expire at the end of March. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the Illinois Secretary of State’s office announced the temporary policy changes regarding vehicle emission test notification and vehicle renewal procedures on…
he bill would require students entering ninth grade after July 1, 2017, to pass a civics test
Ironton, MO  (KTRS)  A search is underway for a missing 3-year-old boy in southeast Missouri. Temperatures have hovered in the teens since Titus Greyson Tackett disappeared near Ironton. His family told police he was last seen at the family’s home after midnight Tuesday, wearing only a diaper. Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper Clark Parrott says a…
Springfield, IL Â (KTRS) Â President Barack Obama is returning to Illinois’ Capitol at the twilight of his political career. Obama’s speech on Wednesday to the Illinois General Assembly comes nine years ago to the day after he stood before the Old State Capitol in Springfield and announced his run for president. White House aides say Obama…
BRIDGETON, Mo. (AP) – St. Louis County Health Department says workers will conduct a health survey of respiratory ailments near the Bridgeton Landfill, where an underground fire has been smoldering since 2010. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1SfkUbk ) reports that department director Faisal Khan said Monday that the survey would compare a random sample of…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – President Barack Obama returns to his political birthplace Wednesday with a plea to the Illinois Capitol for “better politics.” But his message will fall among the acidic word-war that has stifled Springfield for nearly a year. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, Democrats who control the Legislature, and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel have…
( KTRS ) The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a southwest Missouri man who told police he had considered committing a mass shooting at a Wal-Mart or a movie theater. Police interviewed Lammers after his mother warned them that he had purchased two assault rifles and she was worried he wasn’t taking…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – An Illinois lawmaker wants to make it a crime to record a fight in order to post the video online. Rep. Terri Bryant says she was disturbed by a video of an altercation between two boys from her hometown of Murphysboro that was posted to Facebook. The Republican lawmaker says she…
Ferguson, MO Â (KTRS) Â The consent degree is going back to the Department of Justice after the Ferguson City Council approved an amended version of the proposal at Tuesday night’s meeting. The meeting drew hundreds in anticipation of the Ferguson City Council taking firm action on the proposal. Â A majority of those who spoke during the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Supreme Court says a recent amendment to the state constitution doesn’t mean some felons now can carry guns. The Tuesday ruling by the Supreme Court applies to a 2014 amendment making the right to bear arms “unalienable.” The amendment specified that lawmakers can limit the rights of “violent”…