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Former nurse charged with sexual abuse, nursing home fined

July 31, 2021 GMT

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A nursing home in southern Illinois where a nurse allegedly sexually assaulted an elderly resident last year during the pandemic has been fined more than $200,000 by a state regulatory agency, according to a published report.

Covington diocese welcomes new bishop

July 13, 2021 GMT

COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington has a new bishop after the departure of Bishop Roger Foys.

Foys, 75, reached the mandatory of age of retirement last summer. Foys has been bishop since 2002.

Man pleads guilty in fatal shooting of state police trooper

February 25, 2021 GMT

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — One of two men charged in the 2019 fatal shooting of an Illinois State Police trooper in East St...

Man rescued from mud with parrot perched on his shoulders

August 13, 2018 GMT

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Firefighters had to rescue a southwestern Illinois man from deep mud after he became stuck while trying to reach his pet parrot...

Definition mission: A rhyming limerick for each English word

By RUSS BYNUMDecember 28, 2017 GMT

One man's joke has become his mission: to give each word a rhyming definition.

Chris Strolin was teasing English buffs in an online forum years ago when he said the dictionary should be rewritten in the singsong rhyme scheme of limericks...

Gunman who shot congressman had history of anti-GOP activity

By DON BABWIN and JIM SALTERJune 15, 2017 GMT

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The gunman who shot a top GOP congressman and several other people Wednesday at a baseball practice outside the nation's capital had a long history of lashing out at Republicans and recently frightened a neighbor by firing a rifle into a field behind his Illinois home...