SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois lawmakers are returning to the Capitol this week to resume work on trying to end the budget stalemate that has eluded them for almost two years. The State Journal-Register reports that just before lawmakers’ two-week spring break, the House approved another stopgap spending bill that would give more than $800…
BREESE, Ill. (AP) – A southern Illinois sheriff says a suspect is in custody in the beating death of a high school senior at a party. Clinton County Coroner Phillip Moss says 18-year-old Jacob J. Arter died early Sunday at a hospital in Breese. The Belleville News Democrat reports Arter was a football player at…
( KTRS ) Police are investigating a late Monday night shooting. Authorities say a victim of a shooting arrived at an area hospital through private means. Very few details have been released. The victim, whose gender and identity are unknown at this time, was reportedly shot shortly before 11:30 pm in the 3600 block of…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens chose a Lyft car in a Taco Bell parking lot to ceremonially sign a copy of a bill that could help ride-hailing companies expand in Missouri. In a video posted to Facebook on Monday, Greitens orders a steak Chalupa while getting a ride from a Lyft…
EUREKA, Mo. (AP) – A Mexican wolf born this month at a wildlife center in Eureka is offering new hope for repopulating the endangered species through artificial insemination using sperm that had been frozen. The Mexican wolf population once numbered in the thousands but was nearly wiped out by the 1970s, largely from decades of hunting,…
CHESTERFIELD (KTRS) The pilot of a single-engine airplane is uninjured after a plane tipped to its side while landing at Spirit of St. Louis airport in Chesterfield. The incident happened Monday. TV footage showed the plane sitting sideways on the runway with a wing tip on the ground. The name of the pilot has not…
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â The murder count continues to climb in the city of St. Louis. Police say a man and a woman were shot at a 7-Eleven on Bates in south St. Louis early Monday morning. The man died after being taken to an area hospital. The woman suffered non-life threatening injuries. The names…
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â A new program is available in Missouri to help those with disabilities. On Monday morning State Treasurer Eric Schmitt joined other advocates at Paraquad in St. Louis to launch the MO ABLE Program, which enables Missourians living with disabilities to save and invest through tax-free savings accounts. Â Schmitt sponsored this legislation…
