DIXON – Retail and tech giant Amazon has announced plans to build a solar farm in Lee County. Specifics were not announced in the press release put out on Tuesday, but the project is part of the company’s climate pledge. Gov. J.B. Pritzker said that “Illinois is proud to have ...Read more
INDIANAPOLIS – A judge says a relative of John Dillinger who wants to exhume the 1930s gangster’s gravesite needs the cemetery’s permission. Marion County Superior Court Judge Timothy Oakes granted Crown Hill Cemetery’s motion to dismiss Michael Thompson’s lawsuit ...Read more
AMBOY – The Amboy girls basketball team had a win over Ashton-Franklin Center last night 52-31 in a dominate performance that has them with a record of 7-0 and ranked third in class 1A IHSA state rankings, trailing Lanark Eastland and Lewistown. Saturday they’ll be taking on ...Read more
FLANAGAN – A Flanagan man has died after a Wednesday morning single vehicle crash in Livingston County. Authorities say 30-year-old Timothy F. McKinley was traveling on 300 East Road near Route 116 when for unknown reasons his truck left the roadway and struck a tree. He was ...Read more
OTTAWA – A medical marijuana dispensary in Ottawa will be allowed to sell recreationally come January. Pharmacann, aka Verilife on North Columbus Street was granted the approval at Tuesday night’s city council meeting. According to Mayor Dan Aussem, any medical marijuana ...Read more
OTTAWA – A made up fantasy. That’s what defense attorneys told jurors at the trial of a former Ottawa fireman accused of drowning his wife in a toilet. The decade long legal battle over whether 52-year-old Kenneth Cusick is responsible for drowning his wife Tracy, began at ...Read more
INDIANAPOLIS – A judge will hear an Indianapolis cemetery’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a relative of 1930s gangster John Dillinger who wants to exhume Dillinger’s gravesite to determine if the notorious criminal is actually buried there. A Marion County judge scheduled a ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s interim police superintendent has demoted a commander whom the city’s inspector general accused of directing on-duty officers under him to babysit his son with special needs. Interim Superintendent Charlie Beck’s demotion of Commander Anthony Escamilla ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A former campaign consultant for Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has reached a $275,000 settlement to a federal lawsuit she filed against several of his political committees. Attorneys for Alaina Hampton told the Chicago Tribune that she will receive $75,000 of the ...Read more
OTTAWA – The city of Ottawa is requesting an over 6% increase to their tax levy. The request was placed on file at Tuesday night’s city council meeting for an increased levy of 6.33% or $400,000 more than the amount requested in the previous year. According to Commissioner Wayne ...Read more
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