Tim Lloyd

The impeachment hearing for embattled Ellisville Mayor Adam Paul will continue for at least for one more day.

Even though he’s only been in office for just under a year, Paul is facing charges that he’s abused his power.

Before a packed grade school gymnasium, Police Chief Tom Felgate testified Paul asked him for a gun and a badge.

Paul said such accusations are petty and this all stems from his opposition to giving tax credits for a new Wal-Mart development.

Updated: 4/1/13 at 4:12, after the meeting took place.

Transportation advocates say that by 2018, 1 out of every 3 miles of roads in Illinois will be of unacceptable condition, unless there are new sources of revenue. The Transportation for Illinois Coalition held a meeting with business leaders and state lawmakers in O’Fallon Monday to discuss what can be done.

Cars are becoming more fuel efficient – it’s good for drivers, who get to save more money, and it’s better for the environment. What it isn’t good for, however, is transportation funding.

From a podium at Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis, Democratic Mo. State Rep. Stacey Newman asked a crowd of gun-control supporters to hold up their phones and punch in a new contact, the switchboard for the U.S. Senate.

She told them to call every day, ask for Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and demand that they vote in favor of universal background checks for gun sales.