NEW 3:55 p.m. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- 4gt yr meds? Getting kids to remember their medicine may be a text message away. Cincinnati doctors are experimenting with texting to tackle a big problem: Tweens and teens too often do a lousy job of controlling chronic illnesses like asthma, diabetes or kidney disease.

UPDATED 4:50 p.m. BLOOMINGTON -- A former McLean County correctional officer faces sexual misconduct and intimidation charges in connection with his duties at the jail. Robert C. Hall, 34, of the 1500 block of Hunt Drive, Normal, faces five counts of custodial sexual misconduct and one count of intimidation.

NEW 3:45 p.m. TAMPA, Fla. -- A woman and her two young children slain north of Tampa were found mutilated and dismembered in a crime scene that investigators described as one of the most gruesome they had ever seen.

BLOOMINGTON -- Jury selection continued Tuesday afternoon for the trial of a former Bloomington police sergeant accused of raping four women, with eight new potential jurors interviewed. | Special section: Court documents, audio, archived stories | Audio Slideshow: What to expect during the trial | Monday's court action

NEW 3:05 p.m. PONTIAC -- A Dwight teenager who was put on nearly three years probation for leaving a bomb threat in Dwight Township High School is doing well in specialized classes and may return to high school in the fall, officials said Tuesday.

UPDATED 3:30 p.m. BLOOMINGTON -- Police said Tuesday that they weren’t getting much help from witnesses — or the injured victim — in determining what prompted a shooting Monday night outside an apartment building.

BLOOMINGTON -- Katie Bowars of Bloomington wants other homeowners to heed some springtime advice: Even a bird’s nest can be dangerous — and make sure you have a fire extinguisher.

NORMAL -- Another round of live .22-caliber ammunition was found on the Illinois State University campus Monday, more than three weeks after nine similar rounds were found at three separate campus locations, police said.

BLOOMINGTON -- The headaches of potholes and bad roads created by the past winter soon will be replaced by the headaches created by orange barrels and road closures. | List of Bloomington's planned road work

BLOOMINGTON -- Folks with green thumbs are celebrating the unexpected return of the city of Bloomington’s community garden at Hershey and Ireland Grove roads. The Bloomington Parks & Recreation Department, which oversaw the garden, announced in March the program was no longer available after Unit 5 schools, the property’s previous owner, traded the land to Sunrise Co. LLC in return for a place to build a school complex at U.S. 150 when Hershey Road is extended.

BLOOMINGTON -- How RimCo keeps Bloomington insured for such things as a worker getting hurt fixing a snowplow or someone tripping on a city sidewalk was explained to the City Council Monday evening.

NORMAL -- A mixed-use building planned by a Champaign developer at the site of University Christian Church could end up also encompassing a strip of stores on North Street and another on Broadway.

BLOOMINGTON -- Someone punched a woman and stole her purse outside Thorntons on Main Street late Monday, though the victim told police she didn’t get a good look at her attacker.

BLOOMINGTON -- A man who was apparently asleep on railroad tracks Monday was not in danger of being run over by an approaching train, police said.

NORMAL -- Someone told Normal police of a rumor about student taking a gun to Normal Community High School Monday, but nothing was found to substantiate the rumor, said Unit 5 Superintendent Gary Niehaus in a statement on the school’s Web site.

PONTIAC -- Public comment for or against a proposed 155-turbine wind farm in Livingston County continued at a Livingston County Zoning Board of Appeals hearing Monday night.

Several Illinois Wesleyan University students in China for a May term travel course are safe in Beijing — far from the epicenter of the earthquake, said Reenie Bradley, who works in the campus’s international office. Bradley said another IWU student from Minnesota who is on a study-abroad program in Shanghai e-mailed her mother that she was safe.

JOLIET -- Police say a Joliet woman was defending herself against a knife attack from her husband when she stabbed him to death in front of the couple’s 4-year-old daughter.

PONTIAC -- State legislators still are working for a moratorium on prison closures and the creation of an independent review process to assess the current state prison situation, two state senators said Monday.

WAPELLA -- A Saturday night accident near Wapella claimed the life of a Farmer City man.