Teenager from Illinois drowns over the weekend in eastern Missouri

(AP) – A 15-year-old boy from Illinois has drowned while swimming in the Meramec River in eastern Missouri. The Water Division of the Missouri State Highway Patrol says the boy was swimming Saturday afternoon at the Meramec Caverns Campground beach in Franklin County. The patrol says the boy went into deep water and failed to resurface. Rescuers took him to a hospital in Sullivan, where he was pronounced dead. The boy was from Collinsville, Illinois. His name has not been released.