URBANA, Ill. (AP) — The University of Illinois is ramping up enforcement of restrictions on student activity after more than 330 COVID-19 cases in two days on the school’s Urbana-Champaign campus. In an email to students, Chancellor Robert Jones said he expects all undergraduates to ...Read more
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois House has formed a special panel to investigate Speaker Michael Madigan, who has been implicated in a federal bribery probe. Republicans petitioned to form the committee earlier this week, saying Wednesday that the House must ...Read more
PRINCETON – Bureau and DeKalb Counties both announced additional COVID-19 cases. On Wednesday, Bureau County reported six new cases were recovering at their homes, ranging in age from their teens to their 60’s. DeKalb County also announced 18 additional cases. Since the start of the ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public reported over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases in the state on Wednesday. The 2,128 cases were announced along with 27 additional deaths. Illinois has seen 238,643 cases since the start of the pandemic, as well as 8,091 deaths. The seven-day ...Read more
LASALLE – Authorities are investigating a former truck wash and bones found along May Road in Peru, and it may be connected to statements made by an incarcerated serial killer in a Podcast released last week. Phil Chalmers, a Florida profiler who interviewed 61-year-old Dellmus ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A former suburban Chicago mayor and county official has pleaded guilty in federal court to an extortion scheme. Former McCook Mayor Jeffrey Tobolski is accused of conspiring with a police office to shake down a restaurant owner who needed city permission to serve alcohol. ...Read more
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America has launched a nationwide advertising campaign to notify victims of decades-old sex abuse by Scout leaders that they have until Nov. 16 to seek compensation as part of its bankruptcy case. The $6.8 million ad campaign ...Read more
By NOREEN NASIR and MICHAEL TARM undefined KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Officials say damage to city-owned property from violence that erupted over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is estimated at nearly $2 million so far. The city’s public works director, Shelly ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors say a young Chicago activist who opposed police in the city’s schools was shot to death earlier this year by a friend who was firing at a passing vehicle. Genove Martin is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Caleb Reed. During a hearing ...Read more
PONTIAC – Livingston and Lee Counties both announced additional positive cases of COVID-19. The Livingston County Health Department reported 5 cases, all of which are recovering in isolation. Lee County reported only one additional case. Since the start of the pandemic, Livingston County ...Read more
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