Trucker gets probation in Illinois trooper death

HILLSBORO, Ill. (AP) — A judge has handed a probation sentence to a Georgia truck driver whose vehicle struck and killed an Illinois State Police trooper in November 2012.

Kyle Deatherage was killed during a traffic stop along Interstate 55 near Litchfield. Reckless homicide and operating a commercial vehicle without proper licensing charges were filed against 54-year-old Johnny B. Felton Jr. of Hinesville, Georgia.