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The Kentucky officer facing criminal charges in the botched raid on Breonna Taylor that led to her death by police, went on trial Wednesday — nearly two years after the shooting.  Former officer Brett Hankison fired 10 shots near a side door during the raid, but none hit Taylor.

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden said that the United States would be expanding penalties on Moscow after it recognized two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine. Biden said the U.S. would impose sanctions on the company in charge of building Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, targeting

OGLESBY – Local students brought the driving force back behind Illinois Valley Community Colleges Annual Edible Car Contest. After COVID-19 put the breaks on the event last year, students returned bringing just as much creativity into engineering an edible to human car to release down a

  BELLEVILLE — Illinois American Water is urging customers to guard themselves against utility imposters and scams.  The company has seen an increase in scams as it has resumed normal operations for non-emergency work, including performing in-home work. Pretending to be a trusted utility

MENDOTA – The yearly cost of gaming machines is on the rise in the city of Mendota.  The Mendota City Council on Tuesday night unanimously approved the increase in fees from $25 to $250 per terminal.  A push tax on gaming terminals was also approved, charging establishments one cent per

On Tuesday, President Biden announced that the United States will impose new sanctions on Moscow after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into two Ukrainian territories on which the Kremlin has laid claim for years. Biden said in an address from the East Room of the White House:

All three Georgia men who were convicted of murder in the death of Ahmaud Arbery were again found guilty Tuesday of federal hate crimes. The jury delivered guilty verdicts against father and son Greg McMichael and Travis McMichael, as well as their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan,

On Monday, the United States announced financial sanctions against rebel territories recognized by Russia in eastern Ukraine, and warned that more sanctions would be imposed, if necessary. Referring to the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Lugansk, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said