ST. LOUIS (AP) – Missouri’s largest airport could soon get a name change. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the region’s airport commission is considering changing the name of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport to St. Louis International Airport at Lambert Field. The airport is named for Albert Bond Lambert, who learned to fly with the Wright…
CHICAGO (AP) – The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting three pregnant women are among 46 cases of Zika virus in the state. Department officials say five pregnant women are awaiting test results from the Centers for Disease Control to determine if they have the virus. Zika, which is spread to people through mosquito…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger says he cannot support Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. During an appearance Wednesday on CNN, Kinzinger said he is unlikely to vote for Trump because the nominee was “beginning to cross a lot of red lines of the unforgivable in politics.” CBS-Chicago reports that in an email, Kinzinger’s spokeswoman…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration has suspended a no-overtime policy for workers who care for disabled residents in their homes. Secretary of Human Services James Dimas says his agency will seek a policy through an administrative rules process with the Illinois Legislature’s consent. The home-care workers’ union – SEIU Healthcare Illinois –…
FULTON, Mo. (AP) – The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for sections of a central Missouri county because of a failing dam on a small lake. The weather service issued the warning Wednesday for parts of Callaway County because the dam at Glovers Spring Lake east of Fulton is failing. When…
( KTRS ) Residents in Illinois, legally allowed to do so, purchased $2.9 million worth of medical marijuana products last month. Officials say June purchases were around $2.5 million, adding that sales have gradually climbed since the pilot program began in November. Illinois now has nearly 89 hundred qualified medical marijuana patients and 40 registered…
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) – A southern Illinois man has received a 45-year prison sentence for the production, distribution and receipt of child pornography. U.S. Attorney Donald S. Boyce said Wednesday 34-year-old Miguel Angel Vasquez Torres of Beckemeyer admitted to repeatedly sexually abusing a minor over the course of several years and photographing the…
( KTRS ) Ballwin Police Officer Michael Flamion is in Colorado receiving treatment at a hospital that specializes in spinal cord injuries. Officer Flamion has been paralysed from the neck down since July 8th when he was shot while conducting a traffic stop. He is still on a ventilator and feeding tube A procession of officers, friends, and…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – People heading to the Illinois State Fair when it opens next week may want to download a new mobile phone app. State fair manager Kevin Gordon announced the application Tuesday in a news release. The free app gives fairgoers access to deals and discounts on the fairgrounds and the ability to…
( KTRS ) The state of Illinois has resumed sending vehicle registration reminder notices. The service was stopped last year due to the budget standoff. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White says the stop-gap budget that state lawmakers passed over the summer means he can resume sending the notices. He’s also drafting legislation that would…