Suspicious device at NJ train station being investigated
ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) – Investigators are examining a suspicious device found in a trash can near a New Jersey train station, and service on the busy Northeast Corridor line has been suspended. Elizabeth Mayor Christian Bollwage says two men called police and reported seeing wires and a pipe coming out of the package after finding…
Illinois schools eliminating zero-tolerance policies
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois schools are now required to limit long-term suspensions and expulsions under a new law that also eliminates the use of zero-tolerance policies used to severely punish students for certain offenses. The law that took effect last week is designed to reduce the number of days students are pulled from classrooms…
St. Louis Catholic school to close after enrollment decline
MANCHESTER, Mo. (AP) – Five years after St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson launched an effort to increase enrollment at the region’s Catholic schools, enrollment continues to decline. That led to an announcement Friday that John F. Kennedy Catholic High School in Manchester will close at the end of this year. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports…
Attendace down, revenue up from last years Illinois State Fair.
( KTRS ) Illinois State Fair officials say numbers this year were down from the last. A report shows that attendance, for the fair that ran from Aug 11th to the 21st, was around 357,000. Heavy rains and high temps are believed to be the reason numbers weren’t as high as last years. During the…
Authorities search for 2 inmates who escaped Missouri jail
WAYNESVILLE, Mo. (AP) – Authorities are searching for two inmates who escaped from a south-central Missouri jail. The Springfield News-Leader reports the two men escaped from the Pulaski County jail early Sunday. Sheriff Ron Long said in a release that the inmates requested a medical check, then stole the jailer’s keys and fled. The jailer was…