Don’t Miss This: Chili recap, Kmart Saftey Day, All Things Pumpkin

Don’t miss these top stories from the weekend on BND.com:

▪ Chili Cook-off recap - More than 60 vendors competed Friday and Saturday for prizes and for festival-goers’ votes as People’s Choice. Watch the Chili Chase 5k run in full swing.

▪ Parents, children and a brave little boy who survived a stabbing got to interact with emergency personnel and their equipment during Kmart’s Community Safety Day on Saturday.

▪ Gov. Bruce Rauner on Friday removed a member of the state parole board and another submitted his resignation a month after the Belleville News-Democrat reported on improprieties in their federal bankruptcy filings and economic interest statements filed with the state.

▪ Our guide to pumpkin picking. Local pumpkin growers are reporting decent yields this season while others across the state were hurt by excessive rainfall earlier this year.

This story was originally published October 4, 2015 at 12:08 PM with the headline "Don’t Miss This: Chili recap, Kmart Saftey Day, All Things Pumpkin."