A former Journal-Courier sports editor whose lengthy career in journalism took him from Bluffs to papers in Decatur and New York has died. Bluffs native Robert "Bob" Merris died Monday in Minneapolis.

DECATUR, Ill. (AP) -- Dave Dawson, the Herald & Review's opinion page editor and copy desk supervisor, has been named the paper's managing editor. Dawson, 47, fills the vacancy created by the ...