SWANSEA, Ill. (AP) – A national animal rights group is honoring the southern Illinois animal rescue volunteer who was struck and killed by a regional commuter train while responding to a call about an opossum on the tracks. Fifty-eight-year-old Sandie Konopelski of Shiloh died last month after being hit by a MetroLink train east of…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Little support seems to exist for reopening a super-maximum prison in southern Illinois that has been closed for more than two years. The Springfield bureau of Lee Enterprises reports (http://bit.ly/1KedlNW) the notorious Tamms prison remains shut down despite an effort from at least one Illinois lawmaker to push Illinois Gov. Bruce…
TROY, Ill. (AP) – Farmily and friends have said goodbye to a Southern Illinois University student who police say was killed while trying to sell his sports car advertised on Craigslist. A funeral Mass for 19-year-old Taylor Clark of St. Jacob, Illinois, was held Tuesday at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Troy, followed by burial…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Senate Republicans have used a rare procedural motion to shut down debate and pass a “right-to-work” measure. The Senate voted 21-13 Tuesday to approve a bill that prohibits workplace contracts in which union fees are collected from non-members. The bill now goes back to the House, which had passed…
(KTRS) An ethics complaint has been filed against a Missouri House member who says he has helped other lawmakers hide lobbyist gifts from required public reporting. Liberal advocacy group Progress Missouri’s executive director Sean Nicholson says that he filed a complaint against Republican Rep. Craig Redmon of Canton. Lobbyists are required to publicly report meals…
Right to Work legislation held up by Democrats in Missouri Senate
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis Zoo is welcoming a new addition. On Friday morning Kali, a two and a half year-old polar bear arrived at the St. Louis Zoo from New York. Kali gained international attention after he became an orphan in Alaska when a hunter shot his mother. The hunter reportedly didn’t know…
Troy, IL (KTRS) Family and friends are preparing to say goodbye to a murdered SIUE student. A funeral service will be held for 19-year-old Taylor Clark on Tuesday morning at ten at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Troy, Illinois. A visitation is scheduled on Monday from four in the afternoon until eight in the evening…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The man accused of killing an SIUE student will make his next court appearance on May 18th. Twenty-four-year-old Michael Gordon had his first court hearing on Thursday. He did not enter a plea on the first-degree murder charge in the shooting death of Taylor Clark. Meanwhile, the Major Case Squad found…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A suspect is being sought in connection with a deadly hit and run accident in north county. Police say a pedestrian was struck and killed while crossing Chambers Road at Green Valley Thursday night. The victim’s name hasn’t been released.