CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say a 7-year-old girl at a family party and a 14-year-old boy were among 13 people shot and killed in the city over the Fourth of July weekend. Police spokesman Tom Ahern says four males opened fire on a large gathering in the street in Englewood just before ...Read more
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Thirteen members of a Peoria street gang known as the “Bomb Squad” have been sentenced to prison terms for a racketeering conspiracy that included murder, arson and drug trafficking. Federal prosecutors said one defendant was sentenced to life in prison, plus 10 ...Read more
WATERMAN – A DeKalb County man is dead after a single vehicle crash that left him submerged in a creek. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office said they were called around 3 AM Sunday to Illinois Route 23 north of Waterman for a single vehicle crash. They say a truck driven by 77-year-old ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Sunday announced 639 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease, including six additional confirmed deaths. Five of those deaths were from the Chicagoland area. There have been a total of 147,251 cases, including 7,020 deaths ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department has announced one more person has recovered from COVID-19. Since the pandemic began, 226 individuals have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The health department have reported 17 county resident deaths related to COVID-19. ...Read more
CARLINVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 23-month-old girl who died after her head was apparently slammed against a wall of her mother’s Southern Illinois home. Authorities say that Allan R. Castleberry Jr. was the live-in boyfriend of ...Read more
PONTIAC – One more resident of Livingston County has tested positive for COVID- 19. The Livingston County Health Department announced on July 4th that a male teenager was infected. The LCHD has received 2,734 COVID-19 test results. Of that, 54 COVID-19 tests have been confirmed positive, ...Read more
JOLIET, ILL. (AP) — More than 700 nurses at Amita Health St. Joseph Medical Center Joliet have gone on strike after negotiations between the hospital and the nurses union failed to result in a contract. The strike over pay and issues related to the safety of nurses began Saturday morning. In ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is contributing an additional $51.5 million to a ballot initiative committee backing his constitutional amendment that would dump the state’s flat-rate income tax structure in favor of one that takes a bigger bite from the wealthy. The ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the cancellation of Chicago’s Bud Billiken Parade, a traditional African American back-to-school event for 91 years. This year’s parade was set for Aug. 8. Tens of thousands of spectators yearly attend the parade, in which similar ...Read more
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