CHICAGO (AP) — A website that hosted an “Abduction 101” forum linked to a 28-year-old suspect in the kidnapping of a Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois bills itself as the most popular sexual fetish networking site on the internet — and it has faced pressure in recent months to be clearer about not…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The speaker of the Illinois House on Saturday scheduled a key vote on a multibillion-dollar revenue package that would finance an end to the longest state budget crisis since at least the Great Depression, ending a day that turned acrimonious at times. Democratic Speaker Michael Madigan of Chicago issued a statement…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The widow of a man who wounded a congressman and four others in a shooting at a Republican congressional baseball practice said she is tormented by thoughts that she could have done more to help her increasingly angry husband. Suzanne Hodgkinson said her husband James was once a fun-loving man who…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan says negotiations on a budget deal are ongoing, but that no votes will be taken over the weekend. The Chicago Democrat appeared briefly on the House floor Saturday to say legislative leaders would meet again. The state is starting its third straight fiscal year without a budget. Republicans…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has signed legislation to make it tougher to prove workplace and housing discrimination in court. Greitens signed the measure late Friday. The legislation has been blasted by Democrats and groups such as the state NAACP. The Missouri NAACP last week cited the measure in issuing an advisory…
Champaign, IL (AP) A man was charged Friday with kidnapping a visiting University of Illinois scholar from China who authorities believe to be dead after she disappeared three weeks ago. A federal criminal complaint alleges the suspect’s phone was used to visit an online forum in April called “Abduction 101.” Yingying Zhang, the 26-year-old daughter…
Public feedback is being sought in finding a new police chief in the city of St. Louis.
(St. Louis)–KTRS The St. Louis-area child who was killed on an Alabama beach when he was hit by debris as Tropical Storm Cindy churned the Gulf of Mexico has been identified. Authorities say the 10-year-old victim was Nolan McCabe. The boy was on vacation with his family when he was killed Wednesday morning on a…
Investigators say the off-duty St. Louis police officer who was shot Wednesday night was hit in friendly fire.
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A driver for a ridesharing company is hospitalized after being shot in south St. Louis overnight. Police say the victim was discovered inside of a car in the 3700 block of Pennsylvania Avenue at just after 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. The victim is listed in critical condition. There’s no word on a…