Sheryl J. Porter

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Sheryl J. Porter, 75, of Monmouth, IL, passed away at 6:56 p.m., Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at TriStar Summit Medical Center, Nashville, TN.   She was born on July 10, 1941 in Monmouth, IL, the daughter of

State Senate committee OKs immigrant protections

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Senate Executive Committee has endorsed wide-ranging protections for immigrants in response to President Donald Trump’s crackdown on people in the U.S. illegally. 

Man gets 59 years in wife’s beating death

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SIUE college student shot dead in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Officials say a Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville student from Chicago was killed in a St. Louis-area shooting. The St. Louis County Police Department says three people were in a vehicle early Tuesday when it crashed.