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Law officers searched Arkansas' rugged Ozark Mountains for an ex-police chief and convicted killer who escaped prison by impersonating a guard and walking out through a gate a guard opened for him.

As the Trump administration seeks to scale up deportations, ICE agents have been increasingly seen at immigration courts and criminal courthouses. Defense attorneys, prosecutors and judges say they're seeing a chilling effect on criminal proceedings, not only on the defendants but on witnesses and victims.

Republican Greg Gianforte claimed victory in a special election for Congress on Thursday despite an election eve assault charge for allegedly body-slamming a reporter.

AT&T has agreed to terms with Time Warner to buy the media giant. "This is a perfect match of two companies with complementary strengths," AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson announced.

"Musk is Tesla and Tesla is Musk," one analyst wrote in a recent note. Musk's reign has catapulted the car company to enormous success. But it also carries serious risks, a judge recently concluded.

"You can't protect what you can't map," says Patrick Meier. He pioneered the field of crisis mapping during the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and now focuses on the use of robotics for humanitarian purposes.

Child care programs have fewer restrictions than they did last summer when COVID-19 was fresh and uncertain. But parents could still have a hard time finding somewhere to send their kids.

On today's episode; Unit 5 rejects the resignations of four special education teachers, citing a teacher shortage; Normal Mayor pro-tem Kevin McCarthy explains the town's approval of a controversial subdivision expansion; and a politics reporter discusses the significance of two Illinois Supreme Court races.

The Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District is moving toward issuing $100 million in bonds for improvements to sewage treatment and runoff in the area. District executive director Tim Ervin said that is roughly a third of a larger effort to modernize the system and comply with tighter federal standards on phosphorous and other nutrient emissions.

Bloomington-Normal police say they’re encountering imitation guns more frequently, often among young people for whom guns are a status symbol. Like all commodities, fakes can be an easier way to get what you want.