Saturday, May 25 2013 5:22 PM EDT2013-05-25 21:22:18 GMT
Chicago's Memorial Day parade is under way after a wreath-laying ceremony in which former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta praised the devotion of American service members.
Chicago's Memorial Day parade is under way after a wreath-laying ceremony in which former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta praised the devotion of American service members.
Saturday, May 25 2013 5:20 PM EDT2013-05-25 21:20:27 GMT
A southwest Missouri county health department has posted health advisories for three waterways because of high bacteria levels.
A southwest Missouri county health department has posted health advisories for three waterways because of high bacteria levels.
JONESBORO, IL (KFVS) -
A Jonesboro man will spend nearly 50 years behind bars for sexual assault and other sex related charges.
According to the state's attorney's office, Gregory F. McCord, 41, formerly of Jonesboro has been sentenced to 48 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for sexually abusing and taking lewd photographs of a juvenile in 2006 and 2007.
In July of 2010 a Union County jury found McCord guilty of one count of aggravated criminal sexual assault, four counts of criminal sexual assault, one count of child pornography, and eight counts of unlawful possession of weapons by felon.
Presiding Judge Mark Boie handed down the sentence Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at the Union County Courthouse in Jonesboro.
McCord was arrested in December 2007 as the Jonesboro Police Department and Illinois State Police executed a search warrant at his home.
The case was prosecuted by the Illinois Attorney General's Office with assistance from the Union County State's Attorney's Office.
Saturday, May 25 2013 10:18 AM EDT2013-05-25 14:18:36 GMT
Jason Ellis (Source: Bardstown Police)
K-9 Officer Jason Ellis, 33, was shot and killed on the ramp of Exit 34 from the Bluegrass Parkway to Highway 55 in Nelson County early Saturday morning.
K-9 Officer Jason Ellis, 33, was shot and killed on the ramp of Exit 34 from the Bluegrass Parkway to Highway 55 in Nelson County early Saturday morning.
Authorities say they have found a child's body believed to be that of an 18-month-old girl as they continue to investigate a series of Kansas farm deaths.
A body recovered amid an intensive search is believed to be that of a missing 18-month-old girl whose mother was found dead along with two men on a Kansas farm days ago, authorities said Sunday.
Saturday, May 25 2013 11:00 AM EDT2013-05-25 15:00:12 GMT
DALLAS (WFSS/CNN) – There's a new trend in the bar scene that involves your favorite hard liquor and dry ice. Breathing in the alcohol vapors gets you buzzed fast and some say you don't ingest any empty
There's a new trend in the bar scene that involves your favorite hard liquor and dry ice. But doctors say it's dangerous.
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