• A convicted sexual predator indicted Wednesday on federal child pornography charges is scheduled to appear in court next week for these new charges. Former youth counselor Thomas Brian Fairclough, 37, of 746 S. Evergreen Ave., Kankakee, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Peoria.

• Hunters are in the fields today for the start of the seven-day shotgun deer season. The season, which runs through Sunday and resumes on Dec. 3 to 6, is the biggest draw of all deer hunting seasons, with over 390,000 permits issued in Illinois. Last year’s seven-day firearm season harvested 106,018 deer.

• The NAIA Cross-Country National Championships take place, well, across the country. Olivet Nazarene University will be sending its men’s team and two women to this year’s meet, held at the Fort Vancouver Historical Site in Vancouver, Wash. — by car, about 33 hours away. Read more in today’s sports section of The Daily journal.