A retired Illinois State Police Master Sergeant from McDonough County has won the Republican primary for State Senate District 36.

Josh Higgins, an Air Force veteran, school board member, and crop insurance salesman from Henderson County has won the Republican primary for the 94th State House District, ousting the longtime incumbent.

Austin "AJ" Cox, an investigator with the Monmouth Police Department and a Warren County board member, beat three other candidates who ran in the Republican primary to succeed retiring Sheriff Martin Edwards.

Joe Moon, a retired state trooper, received 2,133 votes to current Sheriff Nicholas Petitgout’s 1753, according to unofficial results.

An engineer hired by the city found the structural concrete is starting to fail at Glenwood Pool, which also needs a new liner.

The lawsuit, which makes civil rights and wrongful death claims, was filed this week in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois.

The game will be played on Friday, March 20 at Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, N. C.

The Western Illinois University administration will borrow $2 million from the WIU Foundation on April 1.

After an Oklahoma man was killed by a tiger at his preserve last year, the incident put a spotlight on safety risks of owning big cats. Some animal welfare advocates say federal regulations don’t go far enough to protect these animals and the people interacting with them.

Damage from the tornadoes was mainly to outbuildings and trees, according to the National Weather Service.