CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) – The committee tasked with finding a new chancellor for Southern Illinois University’s Carbondale campus will start reviewing applications for the job early next year. The school says its Chancellor Search Advisory Committee will start looking at applicants Jan. 15. The school also has taken out ads looking for nominations and applications…
CHICAGO (AP) – Aaron Schock is accused of allegedly using government and campaign money to subsidize a lavish lifestyle, as well as pocketing thousands of constituents’ dollars. The indictment unveiled this month says the 35-year-old former Illinois Republican ex-congressman hosted annual Washington tours and meet-and-greets, charged a special fee and secretly kept some of the…
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) – Scientists at the University of Illinois say they’ve detected prescription and over-the-counter medications in groundwater in southwestern Illinois. The university’s Prairie Research Institute study had researchers collect 58 water samples from eight springs and five cave streams during 2014 and 2015. Researcher Walt Kelly says medications and personal care products were…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in the Mark Twain neighborhood late Sunday. The incident happened in the 5200 block of North Euclid Avenue. The victim was shot multiple and was pronounced dead at the scene. At this time no further details have been released. An investigation is ongoing.
A St. Louis police officer is in critical condition but expected to survive after being shot, in what authorities are calling, an “ambush” style shooting. Police Chief Sam Dotson says the 46-year-old Sergeant was shoot in the twice face, but is able to speak. The shooting happened about 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Dotson says the officer…