CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago-based immigrant rights groups and advocates are blasting Gov. Bruce Rauner’s decision to temporarily stop accepting new Syrian refugees in Illinois in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris. The Arab American Action Network says the decision creates a “fictitious link” between those fleeing war and violence and those responsible for…
( KTRS ) St. Clair County is upping the ante in the competition with Missouri for a federal spy agency’s new regional headquarters. County officials on Monday said they would more than double the amount of free land adjacent to Scott Air Force Base available for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency relocation project. The county is offering…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon says screening refugees is the federal government’s job and is calling for safeguards following deadly terror attacks in Paris. Nixon in a Monday statement didn’t say he’d block Syrian refugees from settling in Missouri. Republican gubernatorial candidates suburban St. Louis businessman John Brunner, former Navy SEAL…
(KTRS) – The suspect in a armed robbery is dead, police say he was shot by one of his would-be victims. The victims were three contractors for a utility company and were working in north county when they were approached by the suspect. They told police that the first two men were robbed at gun…
More members of the media were present at the march than activists and there were no reports of police presence during the march
Rauner is one of several U.S. governors who say they will stop allowing Syrian refugees into their states
Columbia, MO (KTRS) Head Mizzou Coach Gary Pinkel is is expected to speak more about his decision to retire during a news conference later this morning. Pinkel announced his retirement on Friday, claiming it’s based on health reasons. He was diagnosed in May with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. KTRS will carry the 10:30 a.m. news conference live.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) – Authorities are investigating the death of a 3-month-old boy in East St. Louis. Officers were called late Thursday to a home where an infant was reported unresponsive and not breathing. The boy was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead. East St. Louis Police Chief Michael Hubbard says…
