Europe getting chance to have Kentucky Derby entry
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Eager to increase international interest in the Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs is giving Europe a chance to have a potential entry in America’s greatest race next year as well as adding a prep race
M-R Boys golf teams falls to Quincy at Macomb Triangular
Quincy took the win at the Macomb triangular against the Bombers and the Monmouth-Roseville Titans.
John E. Gustafson
John Edmund Gustafson, 78, of Galesburg, died at 9:32 p.m. Saturday, August 26, 2017 at Methodist Medical Center, Peoria. John was born November 3, 1938 in Moline, the son of John Clarence and Margaret Marie Lindstrom Gustafson.
Mary K. Robinson
Mary Kathryn (Jackson) Robinson, 95, of Cameron, IL passed away at 6:50 am, Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at Courtyard Estates, Monmouth. Funeral services will be 3:00 pm Sunday, September 3, 2017 at McGuire & Davies Funeral Home
Rose M. Manning
Rose Marie Manning, 87, a resident at Bettendorf Health Care Center in Bettendorf, IA, formerly of Galva, died Monday, August 28, 2017 at the center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, September 1 at
7 Illinois airmen, 1 aircraft to help in Texas after Harvey
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois National Guard says it’s sending seven airmen and a C-130 cargo plane to help with the response to Hurricane Harvey in Texas.
Cicero agrees to pay shooting victim’s family $3.1 million
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago suburb of Cicero has agreed to pay $3.1 million to the family of a man who was shot and killed by a police officer in 2012.
Off-duty Chicago officer fatally shoots man during robbery
HAZEL CREST, Ill. (AP) — An off-duty Chicago police officer has shot and killed a man he says was trying to rob him in suburban Hazel Crest.
Illinois forest road closing for snake, amphibian migrations
HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) — A 2 mile-long road in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest is closing Friday for an annual migration of snakes and amphibians.
Police step up traffic enforcement over Labor Day weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Police across the state say they’ll be out in force this Labor Day weekend, and they’re urging motorists not to drink and drive.
Illinois governor names top legal adviser
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has appointed the attorney for the state’s child welfare agency as his top legal adviser.
Chicago-area man gets 21-yr sentence for assaulting child
CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago man has been given a 21-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting a child that he knew.
NTSB: Loss of control, poor visibility caused fatal plane
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is blaming the loss of control by the pilot and poor visibility for the April 2015 crash of a private plane in central Illinois that killed seven.
Chicago elementary teacher charged in guns case
CHICAGO (AP) — A 53-year-old Chicago elementary teacher faces federal charges that he sought to provide ammunition, guns and gun accessories to known felons.
Field Museum in Chicago to become home to new dinosaur
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s Field Museum will soon be home to a touchable cast of the biggest dinosaur ever discovered, and the museum’s star attraction, a T. rex named Sue, will be moved to her own gallery.
Sentencing of man guilty of attempted kidnapping postponed
HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) — There has been another postponement of the sentencing of a southern Illinois doctor convicted of attempting to kidnap the Saline County prosecutor.
Former Chicago detective ordered to testify in murder case
CHICAGO (AP) — A former Chicago police detective is being forced by a judge to testify under oath about allegations that he beat two men into confessing to a 1998 double murder they say they did not commit.
The Latest: Chicago police superintendent gets new kidney
CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson’s kidney transplant operation (all times local):
New Lennox hospital breach exposes 9,000 patients’ data
NEW LENOX, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois hospital says a data breach exposed patient information of as many as 9,000 people.
Prosecutor: More indictments possible in McDonald case
CHICAGO (AP) — A Cook County grand jury looking into allegations of a cover up in the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white Chicago police officer is weighing further indictments in the case.