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This photo provided by Mike Shane shows Shane as he stands in his corn field near Peoria, Ill., Tuesday, June 27, 2023. By now, the corn stalks should be 10 feet high. Instead, they’re barely up to Shane’s waist. Illinois and other corn-growing states in the central U.S. have been hit hard by drought, prompting concerns that the crop will be hurt this year. (Mack Foster/Mike Shane via AP)

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Central US is now getting worst of the drought. Corn crops are stressed, rivers are running low
By JIM SALTER - Associated Press
Thu,06/29/23-11:06AM , 319 Reads
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mike Shane’s Illinois farm got a nice soaking on May 8, shortly after he planted his corn crop. Since then, rain has been hard to come by.

Plenty of storms have ventured close only to fizzle out before making it to Shane’s 200-acre spread near Peoria.
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Inmate Michael Tisius, sentenced to death in the killing of two jail officers, shows his tattoos during an interview at Potosi Correctional Center, Missouri's maximum security prison where condemned men live in the general prison population in Mineral Point, Mo., on Jan. 11, 2007. A federal judge on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, halted next week's scheduled execution of Tisius, a man convicted of killing two Missouri jailers, amid questions about the literacy of a juror in the case. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

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Missouri governor denies clemency for man facing execution on Tuesday
By JIM SALTER - Associated Press
Mon,06/05/23-11:10AM , 159 Reads
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Monday declined clemency for a man who faces execution Tuesday evening for killing two jailers in an ill-fated effort to free someone else from a county jail.
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This photo provided by Kira Dunn shows Christopher Dunn. St. Louis' top prosecutor has asked a court to set aside the conviction of the man who has spent 33 years in prison for a killing he says he didn't commit, after witnesses who testified against him later said authorities had pressured them to lie. In her request to overturn Dunn's first-degree murder conviction, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner cited “clear and convincing evidence” that he had not been involved in the 1990 shooting death of Ricco Rogers. (Kira Dunn via AP)

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St. Louis prosecutor seeks to free man imprisoned 33 years for murder, citing evidence of innocence
By JIM SALTER - Associated Press
Mon,05/15/23-11:28AM , 200 Reads
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis' top prosecutor has asked a court to set aside the conviction of a man who has spent 33 years in prison for a killing he says he didn't commit, after witnesses who testified against him later said authorities had pressured them to lie.
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FILE In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court at the Hennepin County Courthouse on June 25, 2021, in Minneapolis. The city of Minneapolis agreed Thursday, April 13, 2023, to pay nearly $9 million to settle lawsuits filed by two people who said Chauvin pressed his knee into their necks years before he used the same move to kill George Floyd. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)

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Minneapolis to pay $8.9M over Chauvin's actions before Floyd
By JIM SALTER - Associated Press
Thu,04/13/23-1:32PM , 185 Reads
The city of Minneapolis agreed Thursday to pay nearly $9 million to settle lawsuits filed by two people who said former police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into their necks years before he used the same
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