WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago woman has pleaded guilty to trying to hire a hit man on the dark web to kill the wife of a co-worker with whom she was having an affair. In a news release, the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s office says 32-year-old Tina Jones was sentenced ...Read more
PEOTONE – A Florida man has been charged after authorities seized over sixteen hundred fraudulent Yeti thermos bottles at the Will County Fairgrounds on Friday. According to the Will County Sheriff’s Department, On Thursday deputies were working at the Will County Fairgrounds ...Read more
SENECA – A Seneca man was arrested after a late Sunday night incident about a man allegedly pointing a gun at people. According to the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office before midnight Sunday they were called to the 2400 block of East 29th Road, where they took 33-year-old Daniel Feldt ...Read more
LASALLE – LaSalle City Council held public comment at Monday night’s meeting to discuss food trucks in the city. Members of the public came out to voice their opinions regarding potential amendments to ordinances that would allow food trucks. Although many expressed their support for the ...Read more
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Officials at the University of Illinois say they will start enforcing a new smoke-free policy on Monday. The university’s new rules a 2014 policy that banned smoke-producing tobacco products. Now all forms of tobacco, including chewing tobacco and snuff, along with ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois is among 19 states suing over the Trump administration’s effort to change a federal agreement limiting how long migrant children can be detained. Attorneys general in California and Massachusetts are leading the effort and filed the lawsuit Monday. A longtime ...Read more
CHESTER, Ill. (AP) — The deaths of three Illinois prisoners over three days from “probable intoxication” of an unknown substance have raised questions about drug use behind bars and whether inmates are watched closely enough, according to a published report. WBEZ reported Monday ...Read more
JONESBORO, Ill. (AP) — Snake Road in southern Illinois is closing to cars so snakes can cross without getting run over. The Southern Illinoisan reports that the road winding through the Shawnee National Forest will close to vehicles beginning Sunday. The road, more than 2 miles long, will stay ...Read more
SPRING VALLEY – Spring Valley is looking into taxing Walmart for its proposed solar garden. Recently, the Walmart Distribution Center notified the city that they are planning to build a 15-acre solar farm. In a council meeting on Monday night, concerns of utility tax loss were addressed ...Read more
OTTAWA – State Representative Lance Yednock hosted his first Opioid Advisory Committee meeting with members of law enforcement and local community activists to bring forth solutions to the ongoing epidemic. Yednock highlighted legislation he supported like House Bill 2222, which would ...Read more
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