CHICAGO (AP) – Authorities say one person has died and seven others also have been injured in a pileup crash involving at least seven vehicles on the Tri-State Tollway around Chicago.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Deer hunters will be able to use semi-automatic rifles during a newly created antlerless season in January under a bill approved by lawmakers and sent to the governor.

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. (AP) – A former suburban Chicago mayor has pleaded guilty to taking kickbacks to support the use of red-light cameras in his community.

CHEROKEE, Iowa (AP) – A 52-year-old Cherokee police officer is facing charges after he allegedly hit a 6-year-old girl with a pickup truck and then drove away.

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) – An explosion has occurred in a slag pit in northwestern Indiana.