CHICAGO (AP) — A transgender woman who was battling the Illinois Department of Corrections over alleged abuse while she was incarcerated has been released from prison, officials said Tuesday. Deon “Strawberry” Hampton of Chicago, who was serving a 10-year sentence for burglary, was ...Read more
OTTAWA – Volunteers at OSF HealthCare Saint Elizabeth Medical Center and Center for Health – Streator were honored for their exceptional service. A total of 347 volunteers contributed 33,970 hours of service this past last year, an amount that equals 16 full-time employees. The ...Read more
DIXON – A woman was arrested for child endangerment after authorities say she allegedly had children sitting in an inflatable pool on the roof of her SUV to keep it from blowing off. Dixon police say that on Tuesday afternoon they were called about a report of a woman driving ...Read more
PERU – Smoke from Canadian wildfires has made its way across the Great Lakes, lingering around most of north central Illinois. You may have been wondering why skies have been looking hazy this week. Weatherology meteorologists Micheal Karow says active wildfires in western Ontario and ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois has canceled a state fair appearance by the Southern rock group Confederate Railroad because of its use of the Confederate flag. A spokeswoman for Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Emily Bittner, said Tuesday that the administration prohibits using state resources ...Read more
PEORIA Ill. (AP) – The boyfriend of a Chinese student who was kidnapped and killed by a former University of Illinois doctoral student is telling a federal jury about the devastation of the woman’s family. Xiaolin Hou said Tuesday that Yingying Zhang’s mother cries almost ...Read more
STREATOR – One motorcycle was recovered but another is still missing after a burglary in Streator Monday. Streator Police say that they were called to the 100 block of East Grove Street for an alley facing garage that had signs of forced entry. It was discovered that two motorcycles ...Read more
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — The legal battle over whether a former University of Illinois doctoral student should live or die for the kidnapping and slaying of a Chinese scholar began with a prosecutor on Monday telling jurors that the crime was so vicious that the death penalty is warranted. “It ...Read more
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (AP) — The pilot of a single-engine airplane suffered non-life threatening injuries when he was forced to make an emergency landing on Interstate 88 outside Chicago. Illinois State Police officials say the “experimental” aircraft took off Monday from an airport ...Read more
KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) — A judge says he will consider arguments made by lawyers for a woman sentenced to life in prison for aiding in the 1987 kidnapping and death of a northern Illinois businessman. Attorneys for Nancy Rish say she should be re-sentenced under a recent change in Illinois law ...Read more
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