• Illinois may soon allow large trucks to roll faster on Interstate 57.

• Luke Hubert, 4, who has muscular dystrophy, was the beneficiary of an event held by the Kankakee International Association of Firefighters.

• The owner of the bar near where a Watseka man was killed Tuesday, said said all four tires of his car were slashed. Meanwhile, the victim’s friends are rallying against a bond reduction hearing to be held Tuesday in the case of the man accused in the killing.