BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A former East St. Louis strip club bouncer charged with killing a customer with his pickup truck has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Reginald Allen of Dupo pleaded guilty Monday to mob action in Anthony Rice’s 2009 death. He faces up to six years in prison. He’s scheduled to be…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A select group of sergeants will be the first St. Louis police officers to try out body cameras. St. Louis police Chief Sam Dotson says he expects 90 of the department’s roughly 200 sergeants to try out the body cameras in a pilot program starting Monday. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports…
( KTRS ) A spokesperson for Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office says, a follow-up meeting with legislative leaders on the state budget is slated for Tuesday afternoon in Chicago. The Governer met last week with House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton for the first time in Months. The leaders have not been able…
CHICAGO (AP) -The U.S. Justice Department is expected to announce this week a civil rights investigation of the Chicago Police Department similar to probes of police departments in Baltimore and Ferguson, Missouri. The decision to investigate was confirmed to The Associated Press by a person familiar with the decision who wasn’t authorized to discuss the…
( KTRS ) The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District has received the results of water samples collected from the sewage overflow that occurred at the Bridgeton Landfill in October. MSD reports that final test results showed that any pollutants released from the sewage spill did not pose a threat to public health. The sewage overflow…
( KTRS ) The increasing needs of a government without a budget has at least temporarily cut into Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s resolve to stand firm against spending any state money without a spending agreement. The governor compromised last week, allowing Democrats who control the House to approve spending authority for about $3 billion. Most…
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (AP) – Democrat Chris Koster is touting experience as attorney general as he seeks to distinguish himself from four Republicans running for Missouri governor. The Missouri Farm Bureau gubernatorial forum Sunday in Osage Beach was the first time Koster spoke at a question-and-answer session alongside Republicans. Suburban St. Louis businessman John Brunner, former…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Deer hunters statewide are encouraged to allow samples to be taken for chronic wasting disease from adult deer they harvest. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources lists locations serving as CWD sampling stations on its website. The stations are taking samples from entire deer or deer heads through Jan. 17. The…
