St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Although the St. Louis area dodged the bullet with the first winter storm of the season, dozens of schools are closed in the outlying areas. SCHOOL CLOSINGS FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 8TH: ALEX Recovery School Desloge | CLOSED Arcadia Valley R 2 | CLOSED Belleview R 3 | CLOSED Boncl R 10…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Officials are cautioning motorists to again be prepared for hazardous driving conditions with most of Illinois under winter weather advisories. Many of the National Weather Service’s advisories remain in effect until Monday. They warn of light snow and freezing rain. Illinois Department of Transportation crews have been pretreating areas susceptible to…
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has named a state economist as the head of his office of management and budget. A late Friday statement from Rauner’s office says Hans Zigmund will take over the job on Jan. 15. He’s replacing Scott Harry, who is taking a position with the Illinois State Board of…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has granted 10 petitions for clemency and denied 78 other requests. The Republican’s office announced the clemencies Friday. The petitions granted were for crimes including retail theft, burglary and drug possession. Some of the cases are decades old, and none of the people were sentenced to prison…
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed legislation aimed at combating fraudulent opioid prescriptions by requiring drug prescribers to use a database containing patient prescription histories. The measure Rauner signed Wednesday requires prescribers with an Illinois Controlled Substance License to register for and use the Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program. The database…
Madison, IL (KTRS) Updated at 1:30 p.m., 11/14/2017 The Major Case Squad is asking the public’s help in searching for a person of interest in a homicide last night in East St. Louis. Illinois State Police say Shavon L. Brownlee is being sought in the murder of a 21-year-old man last night. The victim’s name has…
MATTOON, Ill. (AP) — Efforts are underway to locate and restore outdoor World War I memorials and monuments across Illinois. The nonprofit organization Landmarks Illinois is offering matching grants to residents, organizations and government agencies interested in preserving WWI monuments, the Mattoon Journal-Gazette reported. The group also is working to find and record the location…
CHICAGO (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is joining a crowded field attempting to become the state’s next attorney general. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Quinn announced Friday his intention to run, saying he wants to be “the lawyer for the people.” Quinn, who was governor from 2009 to 2015, says he intends to present…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Capitol has been evacuated following a small furnace fire shortly before lawmakers were expected to gather for a veto session. Springfield Fire Chief Robert “Barry” Helmerichs says the first floor fire was put out Tuesday with an extinguisher and the building was evacuated as a precaution. He says people…
CHICAGO (AP) — The 2018 Illinois governor’s race is on pace to be the most expensive in U.S. history, propelled by a wealthy Republican incumbent and a billionaire Democrat who are airing TV ads and hopping private planes to campaign events more than a year before Election Day. J.B. Pritzker, an heir to the Hyatt…