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Rita Ali joins Journal Star executive editor Dennis Anderson and associate editor Chris Kaergard to talk about her candidacy for an At Large seat on the Peoria City Council.

15 years ago, 19-year-old Elizabeth Prescott vanished without a trace in Callaway. No suspect, no leads or evidence have been found.

Hope College's Music Department has experienced recent faculty turnover to the frustration of alumni and students.

Police say 30-year-old Drew A. Beck smashed a display case at Jewelry Express in the Dartmouth Mall about 30 minutes before closing on Monday night and took off with $87,000 in jewelry. He was caught less than an hour later in Lakeville. Brendan Kurie and Curt Brown discuss the case and why this wasn't the most careful crime they've seen.

Judsen Cunningham, on trial for causing a boating accident that killed two, is believed to have taken his own life early Thursday, the day his case likely would have gone to a jury.

Judge John Jay Gontarek convened court Thursday morning long enough to declare a mistrial and dismiss the jury. 

Michele Nicholson, spokeswoman for the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office, said deputies were called to Cunningham's family's home at 6:43 a.m.

February may be the dead of winter, but the concert scene is very much alive! Victor D. Infante and Craig Semon discuss upcoming concerts both around the region and here in Worcester, including such acts as Disturbed, Michael Buble and Peter Murphy. Also, they ponder what Polar Stadium might do to the regional music market, and discuss what sort of music venues the city is missing.

Medical marijuana rift in GOP, DeSantis wants no 2020 election 'circus,' the costs of fighting blue-green algae & red tide

Each Valentine's Day, the Sounds of the Seacoast Chorus divvies up into barbershop quartets, traveling the region to bring surprise songs to significant others.

This week, we discuss the life and legend of Robert E. Harrill, better known as the Hermit Fort Fisher.