He was a police officer in Rockford, Illinois, for less than a year. Officer Cox had been Illinois Conservation Police Officer before going to work for city of Rockford. He died in incident over the weekend.

There were numerous reports of storm damage in Illinois and Ohio over the weekend.

The Illinois Farm Bureau is praising the governor for signing proclamation that allows more grain to be loaded onto trucks. Local road authorities must be consulted and permits granted.

Kansas City, Kansas, furniture store fire was in crawl space, making it difficult to fight.

Small one hour change in sleep cycle can take a week to adjust. We short sleepers are especially hard hit during week after time change.