Driver hospitalized after vehicle enters sinkhole

DESOTO, Ill. (WJPF) – Warning signs and barricades weren’t enough to keep one person from driving into a sinkhole that swallowed up a portion of US 51, north of De Soto. The accident happened around 6:40 p.m.
Former state trooper who caused fatal crash halts effort to get driving privileges restored

Matt Mitchell, a former Illinois State Trooper who pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter of two sisters in 2007, has abandoned his efforts to have a hearing into the restoration of his driving privileges – for now. (Mitchell
Army lieutenant colonel charged with smuggling firearm parts from Russia, other countries

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A U.S. Army lieutenant colonel was arrested Thursday on charges that he illegally imported firearms parts from foreign countries including Russia and dealt weapons without a license, federal prosecutors said. Frank Ross Talbert,
Maryland bus crash on I-95 kills 1, with 23 injured

One person was killed and 23 injured in a fatal bus crash on Interstate 95 early Sunday in Harford County, Maryland State Police said in a news release. Harford County is about 35 miles north of Baltimore.
Ole Miss opens investigation of racial taunts at pro-Gaza demonstrations

The University of Mississippi announced they have opened an investigation into reports of students making hostile and racial gestures toward Black students on campus. The University’s chancellor, Glenn F. Boyce sent a letter to students and staff
Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Pearl Jam to headline Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival

Pearl Jam and Neil Young with Crazy Horse were revealed as headliners for the 2024 edition of Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival, taking place at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, Ca. on Sept. 27-29. Pearl Jam will
Linkin Park’s ‘Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023)’ debuts at #1 on Top Hard Rock Albums chart

Linkin Park’s first-ever, career-spanning greatest hits album, Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000-2023), debuted at No. 1 on both the Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums Chart and the Top Vinyl Albums Chart. Additionally, the compilation debuted at No. 2