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CBS News
28-05-2025
- General
- CBS News
Illinois state lawmaker wants to build statue of Pope Leo XIV, funded by commemorative license plates
An Illinois state lawmaker has proposed creating a commemorative license plate honoring Pope Leo XIV, in order to help pay for a statue of the Chicago-born pontiff at the state capitol in Springfield. Rep. Martin McLaughlin (R-Barrington Hills) has introduced legislation that would direct the Office of the Architect of the Capitol to oversee the design and fabrication of a statue of Pope Leo, who grew up in south suburban Dolton. While the proposed legislation does not set a specific budget for a statue of the pope, it would also call for the creation of a commemorative Illinois license plate to finance the sculpture. The commemorative license plates could be purchased for $27 in addition to the normal registration fee for the appropriate vehicle type. From that fee, $12 would go toward the cost of the statue, and $15 would go to cover the costs of the plates themselves. The cost to renew the commemorative license plates every year would be an additional $17 on top of the normal registration renewal fee, with $15 of that going towards the cost of the statue. The Illinois State Capitol grounds already are home to statues of Abraham Lincoln, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and other prominent figures, as well as memorials for fallen police officers, firefighters, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Yahoo
17-02-2025
- Yahoo
Man dies when pickup collides with semi, catches fire along Kansas highway
A 68-year-old man died when a pickup truck collided head-on with a semtractor-trailer and caught fire Saturday in south central Kansas. The man was identified as Martin McLaughlin of Romulus, Michigan, a Kansas Highway Patrol crash log shows. The incident was reported at 7:30 p.m. along Kansas Highway 61, roughly two miles east of Turon in Reno County. McLaughlin was heading south on K-61 in a 2024 Ford F-150 pickup truck while a semi was northbound on the same highway. The pickup collided head-on with the semi in the southbound lane. The F-150 became fully engulfed in flames and the semi ended up in a ditch, the KHP said. McLaughlin died at the scene of the crash. The semi driver, a 44-year-old man from Ludington, Michigan, was taken to Reno County Hospital with suspected serious injuries, according to the crash report.
