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Plane crashes near Illinois church during evening services
A small plane crashed near a central Illinois church filled with worshippers, injuring two men who were aboard the aircraft, authorities said. The single-engine Piper Cherokee Six crashed Wednesday night in the parking lot of Open Arms Christian Fellowship in Lincoln, coming to rest...
Pardon sought for Black man executed in 1908 in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Joe James, a Black man, was asleep under a tree when he was grabbed, beaten and then arrested for the murder of a white man in Springfield, Illinois. Before he was put on trial and later executed, a white mob seeking vengeance for the crime James was...
No charges in 2 fatal officer-involved shootings in Missouri
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Police officers involved in two separate fatal shootings in Missouri will not face charges after investigations by prosecutors. Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney Jean Peters Baker said no charges will be filed against Independence officers in the March...
Cooperating ex-guard gets 6 years in Illinois inmate's death
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A contrite Willie Hedden, the last of three ex-correctional officers convicted in the beating death of an Illinois prison inmate, was sentenced Wednesday to six years in federal prison after pleading guilty to civil rights violations and obstruction and testifying against...
Safety board: Alabama derailed train lacked needed couplers
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A Norfolk Southern train that derailed in Alabama earlier this month lacked required alignment control couplers for two of its locomotives and a company inspection did not identify their absence, federal investigators said Monday. The notation comes in one...
Illinois ban on cash bail in hands of state's Supreme Court
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois lawmakers' effort to end cash bail is in the state Supreme Court's hands after justices heard arguments Tuesday on behalf of top Democrats, and a group of prosecutors and sheriffs who are challenging the law. The state Supreme Court ordered in January that...
Illinois AP names All-State girls’ basketball teams
MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — Here are the Illinois Associated Press Class 1A-4A All-State girls’ basketball teams as voted on by a statewide panel of newspaper sports writers/editors, TV/radio broadcasters, and internet-site editors/reporters. All media members covering high school basketball in the...
Man dies in exchange of gunfire with police near casino
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A man accused of acting aggressively toward others at a Massachusetts casino died early Saturday after being chased by and exchanging gunfire with police. According to prosecutors, members of the Massachusetts State Police Gaming Enforcement Unit and the...
Gasol, Nowitzki, Parker, Popovich among Hoop Hall finalists
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Pau Gasol, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker and Gregg Popovich are all one step closer to basketball immortality. The three international greats — Gasol, Nowitzki and Parker — were among the list of Class of 2023 finalists unveiled Friday by the Basketball Hall...
Virginia competes with Maryland to land new FBI headquarters
SPRINGFIELD, Va. (AP) — Virginia's political leaders made their case Wednesday for moving the FBI's headquarters from the nation's capital to the state, arguing that the federal government would be wise to follow the steps of Amazon and other big companies that have come to the commonwealth. ...
