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Rick Severs owns Farm King in Macomb. He described the scene Wednesday as chaos.

Jobs legislation...Standoff ends...Medical marijuana WASHINGTON Key Democrats and Republicans are coming to terms on plans to give businesses a tax break for hiring unemployed workers.

Mattoon- A bar is under the microscope after a contest goes very wrong. The Villa Nova Bar and grill is under scrutiny for allegedly letting people take their clothes off during a mechanical bull riding contest.

MACOMB, Ill. - A 911 call from the manager of Macomb's Farm King store on Wednesday gives a vivid description of what took place around 12:45 that afternoon that led police to a six-hour standoff with Jonathan Labbe, 19, of Tennessee, Ill.

POLICE in Macomb, Illinois are in a standoff with a gunman inside a Farm King store.

U.S. counterterrorism officials believe a Pakistani Taliban leader was killed by a drone missile strike last month.

No one else was injured. Barker says police don'4 know a motive bu4 the gunman is not believed to be associated with the store.

Businesses near a Farm King store in Macomb, Illinois are on lock down after reports of a gunman firing shots inside the store.

Zoning is stirring up some controversy in Macomb. Right now, city ordinance prohibits more than two unrelated people living in single family housing zones.

Western Illinois University's COFAC School of Music presented Macomb's Community Youth String Orchestra Concert at COFAC Recital Hall last Saturday night.

Macomb and Western Illinois University are pooling efforts to provide aid to Haiti.

Two years as the state treasurer for the Illinois Retired Teacher Association was not enough for Shirley Dodds.

From its hallowed days as the Hayloft to more recent times being known as Duffy's Pub, the building at 225 S. Main St., Blandinsville, has seen many names and many customers.

The following reports are based on police records. Colchester police arrested Cathlena M. Humphrey, 24, 1601 E. Jackson St., about 9:45 p.m. Sunday.

Biggsville, Ill., Fire Department, soup supper is 4:30 p.m. at the Biggsville Community Center, serving chili and potato soups, desserts and beverages.

Pictured are the celebrity waiters for this yeara s fundraising dinner at Spoon River Collegea s Macomb campus.

The city has chosen an area law firm to represent it in labor negotiations with three employee unions.

One month after the Macomb City Council revised zoning regulations to allow special use requests for front yard parking, two such requests were recommended Wednesday by the Macomb Planning Commission.

City residents can legally use sump pumps to discharge water into a public street, but the water cannot directly discharge into the city sewer system.