Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:36 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:36:43 GMT
The rights of parents in Illinois to decide if their child can tan in a tanning bed could soon be taken away. That's what will happen if Governor Pat Quinn signs House Bill 188 into law. The bill is currently
The rights of parents in Illinois to decide if their child can tan in a tanning bed could soon be taken away.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:22 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:22:17 GMT
In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Heartland educators vowed to step up intruder training for every teacher. Many actually learned exactly what steps to take to react if an active
In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Heartland educators vowed to step up intruder training for every teacher.
PINCKNEYVILLE, IL (KFVS) -
The Pat Quinn administration has terminated the contract between the state of Illinois and its largest public employee union.
Over the past year, the governor of Illinois has been at odds with members of AFSCME over prison closings and pay raises.
An administration spokesperson says there has been no progress regarding retirement health care and the union's demand for a pay raise despite the state's troubled finances.
A union spokesperson says the action will have no immediate effect because the contract terms remain in effect for the time being. But some AFSCME members worry it's an attempt to break union ties.
"This is union busting at its finest," Randy Hellman, AFSCME Union President, Pinckneyville Prison. "I could not be more disappointed in a governor that goes around the state and says he is union friendly. A governor that has come to our union and said I want to work with you, all during his candidacy. And then to come after our union and try to blame all of the state's fiscal problems on our members is unacceptable."
The AFSCME union represents some 40,000 Illinois workers in various state agencies.
The state has extended the contract three times since it expired in June 2012.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 10:32 AM EDT2013-05-22 14:32:03 GMT
(WMC-TV) - It is a tiny pest with a big bite that can do major damage. One Germantown family said it only took one infected tick to change their entire lifestyle – something they have been dealing with
It is a tiny pest with a big bite that can do major damage.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 10:50 PM EDT2013-05-23 02:50:49 GMT
You might think it's a problem in foreign countries, or big cities, but the SEMO Rescue and Restore Coalition said human trafficking is a problem in the Heartland.
You might think it's a problem in foreign countries, or big cities, but the SEMO Rescue and Restore Coalition said human trafficking is a problem in the Heartland.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 8:58 PM EDT2013-05-23 00:58:57 GMT
A Jackson County family was stunned after learning their dog was shot and killed by police.Authorities aren’t talking, but the family is.“I was just thinking how could somebody do that to me and just leave him in my yard for me to come home and find,” Tilley said.Brittney Tilley and her dad never expected they would bury their two-year-old dog Boots so soon.The beagle and lab mix was found shot in the head on Sunday. Days later, they still don’t know what drove someone to kill the dog.“A deci...
A Jackson County family was stunned after learning their dog was shot and killed by police.Authorities aren’t talking, but the family is.“I was just thinking how could somebody do that to me and just leave him in my yard for me to come home and find,” Tilley said.Brittney Tilley and her dad never expected they would bury their two-year-old dog Boots so soon.The beagle and lab mix was found shot in the head on Sunday. Days later, they still don’t know what drove someone to kill the dog.“A deci...
Wednesday, May 22 2013 8:18 AM EDT2013-05-22 12:18:28 GMT
Do you post to social media sites, upload digital pictures and videos, use credit cards or cell phones equipped with GPS? All of these modern conveniences are contributing to what's known as ‘big data.'
Do you post to social media sites, upload digital pictures and videos, use credit cards or cell phones equipped with GPS? All of these modern conveniences are contributing to what's known as ‘big data.'
Wednesday, May 22 2013 9:32 PM EDT2013-05-23 01:32:31 GMT
ORLANDO, FL (RNN) – A man with possible ties to a Boston Marathon bombing suspect was shot and killed after the FBI interviewed him early Wednesday. The FBI confirmed a special agent fatally shot a man
A man killed Wednesday during questioning by the FBI said he and Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev were accomplices in a 2011 slaying.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:56 PM EDT2013-05-22 23:56:01 GMT
(RNN) – Of the 24 killed in the EF-5 tornado that decimated Moore, OK, 10 are children - two of which are infants according to a release by the Oklahoma City Medical Examiner's Office. All the children
The last of the missing from Monday's massive tornado that tore through the town of Moore, OK, have been accounted for.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 9:38 PM EDT2013-05-23 01:38:14 GMT
MOORE, OK - The trembling, mud-spattered dog whose photo went viral on Tuesday was not actually standing watch over her owner's body - her name is Susie, her owner is named Curtis Collins, and he's alive.Thanks
There's a happy ending to the story of the little dog who was found standing guard over a body after the EF-5 tornado that decimated her neighborhood in Moore, OK. Her owner is alive, and they have been reunited thanks to the viral photo.
Over the past year, the governor of Illinois has been at odds with members of AFSCME.
The union president says "it's union busting at its finest."
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