Deaunte Perry had been charged with fatally shooting Guy Gibson in November 2020, but the charges have been dismissed because a witness can't be found.
House members voted 89-40 in favor of adding Republican Rep. Chuck Bayse’s proposal as an amendment to an elections bill in a late-session attempt to pass the contested legislation before lawmakers’ mid-May deadline.
Authorities released the names of two men whose bodies were found in two separate Missouri counties this week. A third man found dead has not been identified.
A 31-year-old Highland man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to fatally shooting a Pontoon Beach police officer in October, the Madison County state's attorney said.
St. Louis County Council Chair Rita Heard-Days may finally advance a $105 million bond issue — the county's half of a project it is splitting with the city — that has been held up for months.
In recent years, 27 Illinois colleges, branch campuses and professional schools have closed, according to the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Thirteen more are on a federal watchlist that can signal financial trouble.