Former Mississippi State offensive lineman Brevyn Jones transferring to Illinois
Jones will have all four years of eligibility remaining after redshirting during his freshman year.
Ole Miss softball drops first four games at NFCA Leadoff Classic
Competing in the same Florida tournament as Mississippi State, the Rebels (0-4) lost to one of the schools the Bulldogs beat Saturday.
Illinois investigators believe 1976 murder victim may have had Columbus ties
Authorities in Columbus and Illinois are asking the public’s help in identifying the victim in a 42-year-old murder case.
Illinois officer shoots armed student at high school, charges filed
Charges were filed against a student who was wounded by a police officer after firing shots in a northern Illinois high school hallway while staff and seniors were meeting for a graduation rehearsal, Illinois State Police announced late Wednesday.
Town forgave many abuses by cop who staged own death
He gave teenagers their own keys and 24-hour access to the police department. He forged the police chief’s signature to obtain surplus military equipment. He often refused to wear his police uniform on duty in favor of camouflage fatigues. And he spent most of his workday on a police-sponsored youth program that he was supposed to run on his own time.
Personnel records show years of complaints against officer
An Illinois police officer who staged his suicide to make it look like he was murdered had a troubled job history, ranging from numerous suspensions to sexual harassment allegations to complaints that he intimidated an emergency dispatcher with guns, according to his personnel records.
‘Hero’ officer staged suicide, embezzled from youth program
For weeks, investigators said they were searching for the killers of a small-town police officer known as “G.I. Joe.”
Official: Illinois cop’s death will be declared a suicide
Authorities will announce that a northern Illinois police officer whose shooting death led to a massive manhunt in September killed himself, an official briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press.
Officials search for 3 suspects in Illinois officer’s death
As a small northern Illinois community mourned a popular veteran police officer who was fatally shot while on duty, authorities scoured the area overnight in search of three men wanted in his slaying.
Ill. set to be 15th state to allow gay marriage
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — With Illinois set to become the 15th state nationwide to legalize same-sex marriage, Chicago couple Theresa Volpe and Mercedes Santos finally began
Local officers team up with Illinois for training
Local officers from the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department and neighboring counties traveled to Illinois this week to participate in a one-of-a-kind homeland security training exercise.
Illinois deal on fracking could be national model
After years of clashing over the drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” the oil industry and environmentalists have achieved something extraordinary in Illinois: They sat down together to draft regulations both sides could live with.
Bookkeeper who stole $53M gets nearly 20 years
A former city bookkeeper was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison Thursday for embezzling more than $53 million from her Illinois community, in what ranks as one of the worst abuses of public trust in the state’s corruption-rich history.
Illinois mother stabs two children out of anger at husband
Neighbors heard the couple shouting at each other, but they never saw it get physical. Artur Plackowska said his wife recently told him she loved him.
Ill. police: Teenager held 2 years escapes captors
A teen girl reported missing more than two years ago told police she escaped a home in southwestern Illinois where she had been held captive and repeatedly sexually assaulted.