Springfield, IL (AP) The Illinois State Fair is looking for Illinoisans worthy of an honor at this summer’s fair. Officials with the Illinois State Fair Museum Foundation are seeking nominees for the “Illinoisan of the Day” award. The nonprofit organization that supports the fair will spotlight ten individuals each day of the fair, which takes…
Breese, IL (KTRS) A juvenile suspect is in custody in connection with the beating death of a high school senior in southern Illinois. Eighteen-year-old Jacob Arter died after he was taken to a hospital in Breese early Sunday morning. Police say Arter’s assault happened while he was at a party in a rural area…
BOONVILLE, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri State Highway Patrol says two people died when a small crashed in central Missouri. Patrol spokesman Sgt. Scott White says the plane went down Monday afternoon on Highway 98 as it approached Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport near Boonville. White says the pilot, 67-year-old Charles McCutcheon, of Fayette, and 49-year-old…
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,…
