September 7, 2018 | WGIL 93.7 FM

The Latest: Trump claims he fell asleep watching Obama

URBANA, Ill. (AP) – The Latest on former President Barack Obama (all times local):

Obama makes campaign stop with Pritzker, urges crowd to vote

URBANA, Ill. (AP) – Former President Barack Obama has made a campaign stop with Democratic candidate for Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker and his running mate, state Rep. Juliana Stratton.

Former Obama aide says she won’t run for Chicago mayor

CHICAGO (AP) – Former presidential aide Valerie Jarrett says she will not join the political scrum developing to replace Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Chicago officers accused in crash data-for-bribes case

CHICAGO (AP) – Two Chicago police officers are accused of accepting thousands of dollars in bribes from a suburban attorney-referral service for contact information of people recently involved in traffic accidents.

Vegas man accused of killing child found in Illinois garage

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A Las Vegas man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 6-year-old daughter whose remains were found in an Illinois garage last year.

Officials say apartment fire that injured 6 may be arson

CHICAGO (AP) – Six people – one of them a firefighter – have been injured in an apartment fire on Chicago’s South Side that officials say may have been deliberately set.

Chicago hotel workers strike in pursuit of better benefits

CHICAGO (AP) – Workers are picketing outside several downtown Chicago hotels as housekeepers, servers, cooks and others participate in a strike as part of an effort to get better benefits.

Monmouth business owner and National Guardsman saves man’s life

A member of the Illinois Army National Guard and Monmouth business owner was able to intervene to save a man’s life.

Chicago woman arrested trying to pass fake prescription in Galesburg

A 61-year-old Chicago woman is being charged with a handful of felonies after she had a detention hearing in Knox County Circuit Court Friday afternoon.