Country music fans are in luck. The Illinois State Fair has announced an award-winning country band as part of its lineup for free concerts during the event in Springfield this August. (more…)
A Texas man who shot and killed two men he suspected of burglarizing his neighbor’s home cleared in the shootings Monday by a grand jury. Joe Horn, 61, shot the two men in November after he saw them crawling out the windows of a neighbor’s house in the Houston suburb of Pasadena. (more…)
An anonymous donor has given the Salvation Army a $5 million gift to help build a community center in Chicago. The Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center will cost about $160 million and is planned for the city’s West Pullman neighborhood.
The center will offer athletic activities and arts and continuing education programs.
Salvation Army officials say the donor is a longtime supporter of the social service organization. (more…)
MSNBC report: ‘Following up on the McCain campaign’s earlier call, here’s something that’s been picked up on — one of the “Truth Squad” Members apparently was part of “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth” which attacked John Kerry for his service in 2004.’
Miami Herald report: ‘Don’t let Steve Schale fool you, just because he looks like the kid who won the spelling bee, in wire-rimmed glasses and rumpled khakis. Or because Tallahassee is the biggest city he’s ever lived in. Or because he lists Eagle Scout on his resumé …’ (h/t Beth Reinhard, MH)
‘… Schale was born in Kankakee, a small farming town south of Chicago. His family moved to St. Augustine when he was nearly 10…’
The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focused on citizens’ ability to defend themselves from intruders in their homes. But research shows that surprisingly often, gun owners use the weapons on themselves.
State and industry officials say North Dakota is on pace to set a state oil-production record this year, surpassing the 52.6 million barrels produced in 1984. A record number of drill rigs are piercing the prairie and North Dakota has nearly 4,000 active oil wells. The drilling frenzy has led companies to search for oil using horizontal drilling beneath Parshall, a town of about 980 in Mountrail County, and under Lake Sakakawea, 180-mile-long reservoir on the Missouri River. (more…)
STNG/WBBM report: ‘A northwest suburban man is expected to face charges for illegal possession of a toxin following an FBI search of a Lake in the Hills home on Monday afternoon in McHenry County … ‘ (more…)
Chicago Sun-Times report: ‘Cook County is temporarily farming out troublemaking inmates to the Kankakee and Jefferson county jails … (h/t Frank Main, ST) (more…)
WIMBLEDON, England - Wimbledon has already lost its top-four seeded women’s players, while the Williams sisters keep rolling toward another sibling final. (more…)
