Good morning, troops. It's Monday, Aug. 12.Legal sales of recreational cannabis are to begin Jan. 1 in Illinois.

PEORIA - A Peoria man is dead after being shot multiple times on the East Bluff early Monday.

As President Donald Trump left open the possibility he might release Rod Blagojevich from his federal prison sentence, the disgraced former Illinois governor this weekend set off for a solitary run underneath the setting sun.

PEKIN - A Pekin man avoided prison in the sentence he'll serve for severely beating, choking and threatening to kill his stroke- and cancer-stricken wife because he was tired of caring for her.

PEORIA - Stop and talk to residents. Get to know them. Enforce curfew violations.

WASHINGTON - It's always a delicate balance. "The key components of the festival need to stay the same because nothing is broken.

One of the more high-profile cases in recent Pekin history is getting a second look, and over the weekend the world got a first look at the project.

We're living in the golden era of canned coffee.