DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — With Powerball sales breaking records, the odds are growing that someone will win the $800 million jackpot. But if no one matches all the numbers Saturday, the next drawing is expected to soar past $1 billion. Officials with the Multi-State Lottery Association, which runs the Powerball game expect about 65 percent…
BELVIDERE, Ill. (AP) – Presence of a rare mollusk has delayed repairs to a bridge in northern Illinois. The Rockford Register Star reports that the Belvidere Public Works Department’s plans to repair a bridge five miles west of downtown will have to wait until 2017. That’s because the Illinois Department of Natural Resources needs to…
The White House says under the Constitution, the president can’t pardon Avery and Dassey because they were convicted of state crimes, not federal crimes
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – While Hillary Clinton has been rallying Democrats out West, former President Bill Clinton has been carrying her campaign’s message through Iowa. Next week, when the Democratic front-runner returns to Iowa herself, her daughter, Chelsea, will be courting supporters in New Hampshire. The family tag-team across the early voting states is…
A winner would have the option of being paid $800 million through annual payments over 29 years or opting for $496 million in cash
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The “Star Wars” version of Monopoly will add a game piece based on the female character Rey after an 8-year-old Illinois girl wrote “Girls matter” in a letter to game maker Hasbro noting the omission. Carrie Goldman, of Evanston, posted a letter on Twitter this week written by her daughter, Annie…
McCain said concerns raised by Republican front-runner Donald Trump over whether Cruz can be president are legitimate