Harris denies shoeprint match in Gee family killings trial
Jurors watched video in which Raymond Harris tells police his shoes cannot match prints found at the Gee family home as he faces charges for the 2009 beating deaths of the Gee family. Defense notes questions about witnesses’ statements and the couple’s personal life. Meanwhile in Chicago, Jerome Brown faces first degree murder charges for the shooting death of Columbia College student Kevin Ambrose as police identify a light-colored sedan linked to the crime.
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Peoria
Illinois
Harris
Raymond
Ruth Gee
Chicago
Columbia College
Jerome Brown
Kevin Ambrose
Ambrose
Stroger Hospital
Brown
Associated Press
Latinos Honored at SIU Graduation Address
SIU faculty member Ruiz, a former Air Force captain and Corpus Christi native, spoke at graduation about Hispanic underrepresentation in higher education and the need for leadership. He recalled telling his mother he would attend college, and urged graduates to serve as ambassadors for SIU.
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Ruiz
Air Force
SIU
Corpus Christi
America
Rita Cheng
Stone Soup Shakespeare Tour Stages The Tempest This Summer
The cast of seven led by director Hunter from Glasgow presents The Tempest in a summer tour across Carbondale Marion Nashville Paducah and St Louis. Local actors Kim Curlee and Jared Shefstall join five Chicago actors. Free shows start at 6 p m except Paducah at 4 p m with additional homecoming note for Krista Taylor.
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Kim Curlee
Jared Shefstall
Chicago
Carbondale
Marion
Nashville
Paducah
St. Louis
Alasdair Hunter
Glasgow
Scotland
Stemper
Illinois
Stone Soup Shakespeare
Western Kentucky
Krista Taylor
McCracken County Public Library
Attucks Park
Washington County
Evergreen Park
Suspect killed in bank shootout outside Richmond bank
FBI agents in Richmond Illinois clashed with three suspected bank robbers in a parking lot incident. One suspect died two others were taken into custody no agents were injured. Authorities did not identify the dead suspect and continued investigations near the Associated Bank branch.
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Richmond
FBI
Illinois
Associated Bank
Wisconsin
Joan Hyde
Chicago
Hyde
Leif
Steves
Steve Chait
Bus overturns in Kentucky injuring Union County softball team
A Union County High School girls softball bus carrying 28 people overturned on US 60 near Livingston County Kentucky. Twenty five students were taken to hospitals with non life threatening injuries. one was airlifted. The bus was en route to Smithland for a game against Livingston Central High School. Emergency crews extricated passengers as traffic was diverted and road reconstruction planned. The incident occurred days before the 1988 Carroll County bus crash anniversary.
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Smithland
U.S
Kentucky
Union County
Livingston County
Ohio River
Richie Wright
Wright
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Keith Todd
Illinois
Livingston Central High School
Paducah
Livingston County Hospital
Carrolton
U.S. 60
Northwestern to hand over Napoleon brother letter to France on campus
Northwestern University announces it will deliver a letter dated April 27, 1792 signed by Joseph Bonaparte to France with the Consul General present. The transfer includes 250 archival items spanning four centuries and a letter from Napoleon III, plus other documents tied to Corsican and military history.
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Evanston
Northwestern University
France
Napoleon Bonaparte
University
Joseph Bonaparte
Napoleon
Napoleon III
Corsica
Jack McBride
USO
Northwestern
McBride
Jason Nargis
Nargis
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Krita Taylor
Herrin City
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Anderson
Crystal Lake
Northwest Herald
Gji
Oregon Territory
Supreme Court
Alaska
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