ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri landowners and environmentalists are urging a federal agency to sanction a levee district on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, arguing that the earthen barrier has been built above its authorized height, worsening flooding for its neighbors. Great Rivers ...Read more
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — A Bloomington man charged in the shooting deaths of three people has decided he wants a judge and not a jury to decide his fate. Twenty-two-year-old Sydney Mays is charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm in a June ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Police Department says officers have seized more than 9,600 illegal guns so far this year and is on a pace to recover about 900 more guns than were taken off the city’s streets in 2017. The department has made a concerted effort in recent years to find as many ...Read more
ROSEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A farmer who was among the first to legally grow hemp in Illinois following its legalization this year believes the plant could be the state’s next big cash crop. Hemp comes from the same plant as marijuana but doesn’t have THC, the compound that causes a ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Wells Fargo will pay Illinois nearly $11 million to resolve claims the bank violated state consumer protection laws by opening unauthorized accounts and using manipulative sales practices. Attorney General Lisa Madigan said Friday Illinois is part of a $575 million settlement ...Read more
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Peoria’s police chief says investigators don’t see connections between numerous recent shootings that have pushed the city’s number of criminal homicides for 2018 pass the combined total for the two previous years. The city saw its 22nd criminal homicide of ...Read more
ATLANTA – The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is warning the public about a cold-like virus that can be dangerous to children and some adults. According to the CDC, respiratory syncytial virus is a common respiratory virus that may look like the flu or cold but is actually the ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man charged with killing his 67-year-old mother and dumping her body in a garbage can has been ordered held without bail. Robert Wallace appeared in court Thursday on a charge of first-degree murder. Police say the 25-year-old was arrested on the city’s Far South ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Democratic Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker has named an outgoing Republican state representative and a former Democratic state senator to key positions in his administration. Pritzker said Thursday that GOP Rep. David Harris of Arlington Heights will be director of the Illinois ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A transgender woman serving a 10-year sentence in Illinois for burglary has been moved from a men’s to a women’s prison in what is a rare accommodation by state prison authorities, her lawyers announced Thursday. Deon “Strawberry” Hampton , 27, was moved ...Read more
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