CANTON, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a man has been released from prison who was convicted of murder as a suspected member of the notorious “Ripper Crew” that killed as many as 20 Chicago-area women in the 1980s. A state of Illinois victim notification system alert was issued early ...Read more
QUINCY, Ill. (AP) — Budget concerns at libraries across Illinois are causing a variety of issues, including delayed building projects and cuts in staff, hours and new book purchases, officials say. The Rock Island Public Library has seen city funding frozen for the past five years, despite ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A major Springfield health care provider has donated land to what will be a memorial to the city’s 1908 race riot. The Springfield City Council accepted the donation this week from HSHS St. John’s Hospital. The remains of homes that were burned during the ...Read more
PAW PAW – A memorial wall is being established at the entrance of Paw Paw High School. The wall is for families to remember loved ones who have attended Paw Paw School and for individuals who have an attachment to the schools and want to leave a lasting legacy. Paw prints that will display ...Read more
SPRING VALLEY – Spring Valley’s Fire Department is proposing to hire part time firemen. Conversations continued during Spring Valley’s Public Health and Safety meeting of the fire department’s on going issue of lacking day time volunteers and increased call volumes. ...Read more
OTTAWA – Local unemployment rates have decreased since last month. According to the Illinois Department of Employment Security, LaSalle County is seeing rates to those of December’s at 7.2 percent, over a percent decrease compared to last month. Putnam County’s rates have also ...Read more
FREEPORT, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois State Police trooper was killed Thursday when she was struck by a truck during a traffic stop, the second trooper to die that way this year. Trooper Brooke Jones-Story was killed in the crash that occurred on Route 20 near Route 75 in Freeport, state police ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say they have arrested a suspected drug dealer who previously avoided capture after a group of people threatened to harm a police officer attempting to take the suspect into custody. Authorities say 31-year-old Robert Gates was arrested Wednesday and charged with ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The FBI was already investigating Jussie Smollett before President Donald Trump tweeted that the agency and the Department of Justice would review the case, which the president called “an embarrassment” to the nation. Trump’s tweet on Thursday came two days ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The race to be Chicago’s next mayor pits a longtime political insider against a former prosecutor who’s never held public office, and it comes at a time when many voters are weary of the old machine-style politics for which Chicago has long been known. In some ways ...Read more
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