MACOMB, Ill. (AP) — A Western Illinois University professor is harvesting wild hemp across Illinois for a research project that will evaluate THC levels in the plants. The Illinois Department of Agriculture has issued Agriculture Professor Win Phippen the department’s only permit to ...Read more
OGLESBY – Officials at Starved Rock State Park are advising visitors not to bring dogs with them on days when it will be over 85F. Saturday they say a dog died in the hot weather from heat stroke. They do encourage visitors to bring pets when the weather is appropriate. Starved ...Read more
CHICAGO – This month’s Seasonal Intensive Monitoring (SIM) survey, designed to leave nothing to chance and investigate each nook and cranny of selected Illinois waterways for Asian carp, came up with plenty of fish, but no bighead or silver carp. “It certainly is good news to be able ...Read more
CHICAGO – This month’s Seasonal Intensive Monitoring (SIM) survey, designed to leave nothing to chance and investigate each nook and cranny of selected Illinois waterways for Asian carp, came up with plenty of fish, but no bighead or silver carp. “It certainly is good news to be able ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is alerting the public of motor vehicle title fee changes, effective July 1, 2019, due to action by the Illinois General Assembly. These fee changes were a part of a capital bill that was recently signed into law and will fund statewide ...Read more
MENDOTA – Mendota police are looking for help in finding out who damaged several vehicles this week. Friday afternoon, officers were called to an auto repair business on Sandra Avenue and were shown several vehicles that had been scratched. Police say the incident occurred sometime in the ...Read more
FULTON COUNTY – “The Family of Deputy Troy Chisum mourns the loss of their husband, father, son and friend. We could never begin to thank law enforcement or the thousands from our community who have reached out to us to express their love and support. To the public, he ...Read more
CHICAGO – State and local gas prices have decreased compared to last month, however the American Automobile Association says motorists are likely to see higher pump prices later on this summer. Last week, total domestic crude inventories took a surprisingly large draw of 12.8 ...Read more
OTTAWA – Local unemployment rates have dropped significantly since the beginning of Spring. According to the Illinois Department of Employment Statistics, while statewide numbers have been a steady 4.4%, local county rates are nearly half of what they used to be in March. ...Read more
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Charging documents say a St. Louis man bit and sexually assaulted a 2-year-old girl on the same day that he drugged her with cocaine. Media outlets report that 40-year-old Matthew Miller is charged in Madison County, Illinois, Circuit Court with three ...Read more
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