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Mitchell will try again to get his driver's license returned; petition aims to stop it

As former Illinois State Police trooper Matt Mitchell prepares to again ask to have his driver&#...

Bob Romanik showed up in county court Tuesday in a red, white and blue Uncle Sam costume minus the top hat as a way of reminding the public, ÒIf they can do this to me, they can do this to you.Ó

Radio show host continues to fight trespassing charge

Radio show host Bob Romanik showed up in county court Tuesday in a red, white and blue Uncle Sam...

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Collinsville Police OK MLK holiday

Collinsville Police are the first among the city's employees to agree to adding the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday to the city calendar.

Crime

Off the beat: Police say teen left more than a nasty note on this car

A teenage girl has been charged with property damage after allegedly vandalizing a vehicle in Chesterfield -- all over the way the car was parked.

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The signature feathers of Gerry "Chief" Frierdich's wheelchair can be see as Swansea deputy fire chief Chris Tell uprights the wheelchair.

'Tragic accident': Belleville man drowns in Swansea lake

The man who drowned Sunday in Centennial Park after his motorized wheelchair accidentally plunged into a lake was identified Monday as Gerard Frierdich, a well-known photographer in Belleville.

Sports

Attorney Steve Berman speaks at a news conference Tuesday, July 29, 2014, in Chicago after the NCAA agreed Tuesday to settle a class-action head-injury lawsuit by creating a $70 million fund to diagnose thousands of current and former college athletes to determine if they suffered brain trauma playing football, hockey, soccer and other contact sports.

NCAA settles head-injury suit, will change rules

The NCAA agreed on Tuesday to help athletes with head injuries in a proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit that college sports' governing body touted as a major step forward but that critics say doesn't go nearly far enough. 6 minutes ago

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FILE - In this July 22, 2014 file photo former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, center, arrives at court with his wife, Terry, and others for his defamation lawsuit against "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle in St. Paul, Minn. Kyle wrote in his best-seller that he decked Ventura in a California bar in 2006 after Ventura allegedly said Navy SEALs "deserve to lose a few." Ventura, a former SEAL and pro wrestler, testified Kyle fabricated the story. Kyle denied that in testimony videotaped before his death last year. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Jim Gehrz, File) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES LOCAL TELEVISION OUT

Jury awards Ventura $1.8M in defamation case

Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura won $1.8 million Tuesday in his two-year fight to prove he was defamed by a military sniper and best-selling author who claimed to have punched out Ventura at a bar for bad-mouthing the Navy SEALs. 6 minutes ago

State|Region

Illinois to ask voters about taxing millionaires

Illinois voters will get a chance in November to weigh in on whether millionaires should pay an additional income tax to help fund schools after Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation Tuesday adding a nonbinding resolution to the ballot. 3 hours ago

Nation|World

Ommy Irizarry and his nine-year-old daughter, Oceana Irizarry, of Fort Stewart, Georgia. The two were walking along Caspersen Beach in Venice, Fla., Sunday when a small plane made an emergency landing on the beach and struck both of them. It was unclear how the plane or the debris hit the father and daughter. Ommy Irizarry died at the scene; Oceana died at the hospital. The family was in Florida celebrating the parents’ ninth anniversary.

9-year-old girl hurt in Florida plane crash dies

The 9-year-old girl hurt in the Venice beach plane crash died Monday night, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.

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