Illinois Attorney General Warning About IRS Phone Scam
Chicago, IL – Illinois residents are being warned about a phone scam in which con artists pose as IRS officials demanding unpaid taxes. Attorney General Lisa Madigan says she’s seen an increase in the number of complaints to her office in recent weeks from Illinoisans who have been contacted by scammers pretending to be government officials.…
New charges filed against man in St. Louis robbery-shooting
( KTRS ) A St. Louis man now faces additional federal charges in a September robbery shooting that wounded and potentially paralyzed a U.S. Army veteran out of Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis. A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted Kilwa Jones on seven felony counts including robbery and assault on federal property, possession of…
All Belleville students to get Google Chromebooks
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – The Belleville School Board has approved purchasing Google Chromebooks for second-graders and younger. District 118 students in third through eighth grades have had the laptops. The (Belleville) News-Democrat reports (http://bit.ly/1l69Miy ) the school board approved Chromebook purchases for younger students. There will be one Chromebook for each of six kindergarten centers.…
Rauner touts labor agreements covering 500 workers
( KTRS ) Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office has reached four-year labor agreements with 11 unions and has criticized one of the larger state-employee unions for not doing the same. A spokeswoman for the Republican says the unions that agreed to deals represent more than 500 workers. 17 deals have now been reached with labor unions…
Bond set for man accused of online threats toward Mizzou
( KTRS ) Bond has been set at $10,000 cash for a man accused of making online threats against black students and faculty at University of Missouri’s Columbia campus. A Defense attorney for 19-year-old Hunter Park, told a Boone County judge Wednesday that Park’s cystic fibrosis was made worse by his stay in the county…