JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Gov. Jay Nixon says he likely will freeze tens of millions of dollars of spending in Missouri’s new budget. Missouri’s roughly $27 billion operating budget for the 2017 fiscal year is to take effect Friday. Nixon said Tuesday that he wants to analyze the final revenue figures for the current fiscal…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – State officials are asking Illinois residents to leave Fourth of July fireworks displays to professionals. In a news release, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Office of the State Fire Marshal say it’s illegal to sell and use hand-held fireworks like bottle rockets and firecrackers. And they’re warning organizations…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Senate Democrats plan to put forward an education funding plan Tuesday that increases money for public schools this fall by $750 million. The plan released to The Associated Press late Monday would pump $286 million more into Chicago Public Schools. Both the Senate and House return to session in Springfield on…
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY, Colo. (AP) – A 4-year-old girl is the sole survivor of a crash between a minivan and an Amtrak train that killed her parents and three sisters in southern Colorado. The Colorado State Patrol says the girl was hospitalized with serious injuries after the train headed from Chicago to Los Angeles hit…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred in St. Louis County. The shooting happened just after 9 am Monday morning when a Kinloch police officer responded to a call for a stolen vehicle in the 8000 block of School Way. The officer was attempting to contact a suspect when he…
EDWARDSVILLE, Mo. (AP) – A woman convicted of fatally stabbing another woman in Granite City in 2013 has been sentenced to 22 years in prison. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/28ZXpRu ) reports Circuit Judge Kyle Napp sentenced 21-year-old Breanna Maldonado after a jury found her guilty of first-degree murder in March. Authorities say Maldonado and…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri is fighting a former assistant professor’s effort to collect unemployment benefits after she was fired for conduct during campus protests. Melissa Click, an assistant professor, was fired in February after a videotaped confrontation of her calling for “some muscle” to remove a student videographer from a protest…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The street version of fentanyl blamed in the deaths of thousands of Americans is also threatening police officers, forcing changes in long-standing basics of drug investigations, from confiscations to testing to undercover operations. Overdose deaths have surged as drugs such as heroin, cocaine and counterfeit prescription pills are often laced with…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says he’ll veto a sweeping gun rights bill passed by the Republican-led Legislature. Nixon, a Democrat, told The Associated Press and St. Louis Post-Dispatch late Sunday he’ll veto the legislation Monday. The measure would allow most people to carry a concealed firearm, even if they haven’t…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Crowds lined the streets of downtown St. Louis for the 37th annual Pridefest parade. Mayor Francis Slay on Sunday walked in the lead of the parade, which also included the police chief, the fire chief, about 170 floats, drag queens and a marching band that played the Budweiser theme. Slay, who…