Beason News

A former girlfriend of a man accused in the beating deaths of five people in central Illinois says he had a blister on one hand but otherwise acted normally the day after the killings.

A central Illinois man will take the witness stand to testify against his brother in the slayings of five members of a small-town family Prosecutors say Jason Harris is expected to Wednesday.

Land of Lincoln Honor Flight will honor 26 more World War II veterans and 61 more Korean veterans with a one-day trip to Washington, D.C., on May 21 to see the World War II Memorial, Korean Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, Arlington Cemetery, National Air and Space Museum, and other memorials.

The man charged with killing five members of a central Illinois family with a tire iron told investigators in one interview that he was no killer.

Blood stains indicate that the bodies of two victims were moved into the positions where they were found in a central Illinois home where five members of a family were found beaten to death, an investigator testified Thursday.

In a Friday, April 5, 2013 photo, a Logan County Sheriffs deputy walks Christopher Harris into the Logan County Courthouse, in Lincoln, Ill.

An attorney for a man accused of slaying five members of an Illinois family says someone else is to blame and that his client walked in on the scene of slaughter and had to fight off the killer.

A Peoria jury begins hearing evidence Wednesday in the brutal mass slaying of a family from Beason, IL, a small town about 30 minutes northeast of Springfield.

He and his brother, Jason are named in several murder charges in connection with the 2009 murders of Rick and Ruth Gee and three of their children in their Beason home in Logan County.

W hile it was a first for Lincoln College President John Blackburn, on Saturday afternoon he opened by announcing that it was the college's 146th consecutive commencement.

F riday afternoon, Lincoln Theater 4 was the place to be. Theater owner David Lanterman arranged a special showing of the Academy Award-winning animated feature "Brave" and a visit by his childhood friend Brenda Chapman, director of the movie.

Several murder charges were dropped Tuesday just before the trial of an Armington man was to get underway in Peoria County.

Prosecutors dropped 25-murder charges against a man accused of killing five members of a Beason family.

April 30, 2013, The Lincoln Theater 4 is proud to announce a single encore screening of Disney - Pixar's Brave on Friday, May 3rd, 2013 with our special guest, the film's Oscar-winning director, Brenda Chapman.

A judge has ruled prospective jurors cannot be shown graphic photos of the victims in the killings of a central Illinois family, but can hear descriptions of them.

It's been more than three years since five people were murdered in their Beason home, and the trial for one of the accused is beginning.

The killing of a Beason couple and three of their children led many in their tiny central Illinois farming community to begin locking their doors at night, and nearly four years later, their home stands as a constant reminder of their brutal deaths.

Illinois weekend stories for the weekend of April 27-28. Will be updated. If you have questions, please contact the AP-Illinois desk in Chicago at 312-920-3620 or chifax ap.org. PEORIA - The first trial begins Monday in the case of two brothers accused of killing five members of one family in their home in the tiny town of Beason, Ill., in 2009.

L incoln College will have its 146th commencement ceremony on May 4, beginning at 2 p.m. The ceremony will be in the Jack D. Nutt Arena in the Lincoln Center.

This year's commencement speakers and honorary degree recipients are animation artist and Academy Award winner Brenda Chapman and Justice James A. Knecht.