WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — An explosion and fire at an Illinois silicone factory claimed a second victim Saturday when an employee taken to a hospital after the blast died, a local coroner confirmed, and the official death toll is expected to rise to four as authorities suspended the search for two ...Read more
SHERIDAN – It has been five days since a 74-year-old Sandwich woman has been reported missing, and besides her vehicle, which was found near Sheridan, there has been no sign of her. Authorities discovered Linda Jackson’s car on North 4251st Road in LaSalle County early Monday Morning, ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he’s reached an agreement with key lawmakers on a plan to legalize recreational marijuana in the state starting next year. Pritzker joined fellow Democrats Saturday to announce the legislation. It would allow adults 21 and older to legally ...Read more
MENDOTA- The parking lot of the Mendota Civic Center was filled with families on bicycles on Saturday as they participated in the annual Bike Rodeo with the Mendota Police Department. A cone course was laid out with various traffic signs cyclists would encounter in the community. ...Read more
PERU – 52 Illinois Valley Community Hospital employees were honored at the an annual service awards dinner, Thursday. The 45-year Honorees were Carol Myer of LaSalle, a nurse at the IVCH Peru Medical Clinic,. Nancy Postula of Utica with the IVCH ENT and Allergy Center, and Deb Redd of ...Read more
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — An overnight explosion and fire at a plant in Illinois has injured four people. Waukegan Fire Marshal Steven Lenzi says the explosion happened around 9:30 p.m. Friday at AB Specialty Silicones plant in the community 50 miles north of Chicago. Four workers were taken to ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Nine state workers who are no longer members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees are seeking the return of some the fees paid the union. In the lawsuit filed Wednesday, the Liberty Justice Center contends more than 2,700 state employees are ...Read more
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he is willing to take initial steps toward fortifying a lock-and-dam system on a Chicago-area waterway so it can protect Lake Michigan from invasive Asian carp. Pritzker, a Democrat, told the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in a letter ...Read more
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A Peoria man was sentenced to 95 years in prison in connection with a 2015 botched robbery that left a 14-year-old boy dead. The (Peoria) Journal Star reports 24-year-old Alex F. Collins was convicted of first-degree murder and attempted murder in the death of Peoria High ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s vehicle impound policies are being challenged in a class-action lawsuit. Attorneys for the Institute for Justice claim in a lawsuit Tuesday the city is holding vehicles ransom until the owners pay fines that have accumulated, even though a final judgment ...Read more
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