GENOA – A man was found dead on the ground adjacent to a business Tuesday morning in northern DeKalb County, but officials say there is no threat to public safety. The Genoa Police Department were called around 11 a.m. for an unresponsive man laying in the grass. Authorities say 31 ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — In his first interview since being charged with sexually abusing four people, including three underage girls, R. Kelly says he “didn’t do this stuff” and he’s fighting for his life. The R&B singer, out on bail after his Feb. 22 arrest in Chicago, gave ...Read more
OTTAWA – Founder of the Perfectly Flawed Foundation, Luke Tomsha, shared his story on addiction with Ottawa’s city council on Tuesday. For over 10 years Tomsha said he struggled with heroin and prescription opiates, but now he’s breaking the cycle across LaSalle, Bureau and Putnam ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The price tag of a police torture scandal that’s already cost Chicago more than $100 million will likely grow after city attorneys recommended paying $5.25 million to a man who alleges he was beaten into confessing to a murder he didn’t commit. The recommendation to ...Read more
UTICA – Three people are charged for cannabis trafficking after a traffic stop made by the Illinois State Police leading to the discovery of over 80 pounds of purported marijuana. According to Illinois State Police on Thursday of last week just after 7 a.m , a Trooper stopped a vehicle for ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois third through eighth graders will be given a new, shorter standardized test called the Illinois Assessment of Readiness this month instead of the widely criticized PARCC exam. State Board of Education spokeswoman Jackie Matthews told media outlets that the new test is ...Read more
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — The University of Illinois says the alumnus who made the largest donation on record to the school will be its commencement speaker this year. The university said Monday that philanthropist and entrepreneur Larry Gies will speak at the campus-wide commencement May 11 ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has named leaders in three cabinet-level agencies. The Democrat announced the appointments Monday. Paula Basta will be director of the Department on Aging. The governor tabbed Ron Guerrier as chief information officer for the Department of Innovation ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois is launching a new state website aimed at helping people affected by gambling addictions. The Illinois Department of Human Services on Monday announced the website WeKnowtheFeeling.org . The new website comes as gambling is expanding across the nation . In Illinois, Gov. ...Read more
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Weather experts say February was cold and stormy in Illinois with above-average precipitation and below-average temperatures. The Illinois state climatologist’s office says the preliminary average statewide precipitation in Illinois during February was about 3.3 ...Read more
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