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1 $2 Volume 141, Issue 245 A Lee Enterprises Newspaper Copyright 2018 Follow us online: facebook.com/MattoonJGTC twitter.com/jgtcOnline ADVICE A5 CLASSIFIEDS B5-7 COMICS A6 HOROSCOPES A6 LOTTERY A4 OBITUARIES B8 SET THE TABLE: Here are 14 terrific Thanksgiving specials ACTION! Preview five movies in theaters this week AT WWW.JG-TC.COM DISCOVER DIGITAL VARIABLE CLOUDINESS 40 21 FORECAST, A4 FrIdAy, NOvEmBEr 9, 2018 www.jg-tc.com ELECTION ROUNDUP Coles County numbers show hottest races, more LOCAL, PAGE A3 BASKETBALL miss area previews SPORTS, PAGE B2 ERIC TUCKER, JONATHAN LEMIRE AND CHAD DAY Associated Press WASHINGTON The White House is bracing for the probe of Donald presidential campaign to fire up again. advisers are privately expressing worries that the special counsel, been out of the news for the past month, has been stealthily compiling information and could soon issue new indictments or a damning final report. Trump abruptly altered the chain of command above Mueller on Wednes- day, putting his work under the super- vision of a Republican loyalist who has been openly skeptical of the special authority and has mused about ways to curtail his power. But Trump and his aides are concerned about next move with the work that is complete, according to a White House official and a Republican with close ties to the administration. They insisted on anonymity to com- ment on conversations they were not authorized to describe.

Mueller lay low for the past month as voters were mulling their choices for this elections. But a flurry of activity during his quiet period, including weeks of grand jury testimony about Trump confidant Roger Stone and negotiations over an interview with the president, hinted at public developments ahead as inves- tigators move closer to addressing key questions underpinning the special counsel inquiry: Did Trump illegally obstruct the investigation? And did his campaign have advance knowledge of illegally hacked Democratic emails? Trump has told confidants he remains deeply annoyed by the 18-month-old Mueller probe, believ- ing it is not just a but an expensive and lengthy negative dis- traction. The latest indication of the fury came Wednesday when he forced out his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, whose recusal opened the door to appointment. To this point, Trump has heeded ad- vice not to directly interfere, though a new chapter in the relationship with the probe may have begun with the appointment of Matthew Whitaker as new acting attorney general. Even if Whitaker, former chief of staff, does not curtail the investigation, ROB STROUD rob.stroud@lee.net MATTOON The annual Veterans Day ceremony on Sunday will be held at a different location within Peterson Park as it commemorates the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.

The ceremony is typically held at 11 a.m. on Veterans Day at the Coles County Vietnam memorial at the southwest corner of Peterson Park at the conclusion of the Veterans Day pa- rade on Broadway Avenue. Mattoon American Legion members John Edwards and Mike Sullivan said this year parade participants from the Legion and the Mattoon Veterans of Foreign Wars will continue marching into Peterson Park to the Stuart tank that serves as a memorial to the Mat- toon area service members who died in World War I. The Mattoon American Legion has close historical ties to World War I. Ceremony to focus on WWI KEvIN KILHOFFEr, JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES-COURIER Mattoon American Legion members John Edwards and Mike Sullivan stand with the World War II M3 Stuart tank at Peterson Park in Mattoon on Monday.

The Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. Sunday will be held at this tank, which serves as a memorial to the Mattoon area fallen service members of World War I. White House braces for Mueller KRYSTA FAURIA AND JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. Terri- fied patrons hurled barstools through windows to escape or threw their bod- ies protectively on top of friends as a Marine combat veteran killed 12 people at a country music bar in an attack that added Thousand Oaks to the tragic roster of American cities traumatized by mass shootings.

Dressed all in black with his hood pulled up, the gunman apparently took his own life as scores of police converged on the Borderline Bar Grill in Southern California. The motive for the rampage late Wednesday night was under investiga- tion. The killer, Ian David Long, 28, was a former machine gunner and Afghani- stan war veteran who was interviewed by police at his home last spring after an episode of agitated behavior that author- ities were told might be post-traumatic stress disorder. Opening fire with a handgun with an illegal, extra-capacity magazine, Long shot a security guard outside the bar and then went in and took aim at employees and patrons, authorities said. He also used a smoke bomb, according to a law enforcement official who was not autho- rized to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The dead included a veteran deputy who rushed in to confront the gunman, as well as a 22-year-old man who planned to join the Army, a fresh- man at nearby Pepperdine University and a recent Cal Lutheran graduate. a horrific scene in Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean said in the parking lot. blood Survivors of the rampage mostly young people who had gone out for college night at the Borderline, a hangout popular with students from nearby California Lu- theran University seemed to know what to do, having come of age in an era of ac- tive-shooter drills and deadly rampages happening with terrifying frequency. Several of the survivors said they were also at the outdoor country music festival in Las Vegas last year when a gunman in a high-rise hotel killed 58 people. Many of the estimated 150 patrons at the Borderline dived under tables, ran for the exits, broke through windows or hid in the attic and bathrooms, authorities and witnesses said.

our young people, people at nightclubs, have learned that this may happen, and they think about the sheriff said. it helped save a lot of lives that they fled the scene so Marine vet kills 12 in attack DAVID BAUDER AND CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press NEW YORK A video distributed by the Trump administration to support its argument for banning CNN reporter Jim Acosta from the White House appears to have been doctored to make Acosta look more aggressive than he was during an exchange with a White House intern, an independent expert said Thursday. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders tweeted the video, which shows Acosta asking a question to President Donald Trump on Wednesday as the in- tern tries to take his microphone away. But a frame-by-frame comparison with an Associated Press video of the same incident shows that the one tweeted by Sanders appears to have been altered to speed up arm movement as he touches the arm, according to Abba Shapiro, an independent video producer who examined the footage at the request. Earlier, Shapiro noticed that frames in the tweeted video were frozen to slow down the action, allowing it to run the same length as the AP one.

The alteration is precise to be an said Shapiro, who trains instructors to use the software. The tweeted video also does not have any audio, which Shapiro said would make it easier to alter. Sanders, who has not said where the tweeted video came from, said it clearly shows Acosta made contact with the in- tern. Expert: Video from White House doctored mOTIvE NOT yET KNOWN Gunman opened fire at country music bar, then killed himself HONOrING THOSE WHO SErvEd Veterans Day event one of numerous activities in area Bushton 10 a.m. Saturday, dedication cer- emony for Adams Brothers Memorial Highway, Jess Adams-owned building near Union Cemetery.

mattoon 10 a.m. Sunday, Veterans Day pa- rade, through downtown to Peterson Park. 11 a.m. Sunday, Veterans Day ceremony, including special com- memoration of 100th anniversary of end of World War Peterson Park. Noon Sunday, Veterans Day con- cert, performed by Mattoon Commu- nity Concert Band, Lone Elm Room, train depot, 1718 Broadway Ave.

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