Illinois Targeted Again With ERA Resurgence
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois is again at the center of a national movement involving the Equal Rights Amendment, 35 years after the state failed to ratify it. Evolving legal theories have led to a resurgence of the proposed constitutional amendment and claims that it’s still viable. An Illinois Senate committee approved it this month.…
Police Standoff Ends Peacefully In Metro-East
East Alton, IL Â (KTRS) Â A suspect is in custody following a police standoff in the metro-east. Police say officers were called around 10:30 p.m. Sunday to an East Alton home on Wood River Avenue after a man allegedly fired shots at a neighbor’s home. That’s when the suspect barricaded himself in his home. He surrendered…
Boy Hospitalized Following South City Shooting
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â A boy is recovering after being shot in south St. Louis. Police say the 14-year-old victim was shot in the stomach in the 1900 block of President Street on Saturday morning. He is listed in stable condition. The “St. Louis Post Dispatch” reports a relative was taken into custody. There’s no…