CHICAGO (AP) — A massive capital construction plan approved by Illinois lawmakers includes $1 billion for road work along Interstate 80, and hundreds of millions of dollars to boost rail and bus services. The roughly $40 billion plan comes after a decade without such funding. The projects ...Read more
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A plan to legalize recreational marijuana in Illinois will also allow those with low-level marijuana convictions to have their records expunged. Gov. J.B. Pritzker has said he will sign the proposal that will make Illinois the 11th state, along with the District of ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois dispensaries are staffing up and remodeling in preparation for the legalization of recreational marijuana. The General Assembly approved the marijuana legislation last month and it now awaits a signature from Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. He campaigned on legalization, so ...Read more
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — A group is recommending that the University of Illinois erect a plaque or monument to commemorate the history of Chief Illiniwek, the mascot who was dropped amid much criticism in 2007. The Chancellor’s Commission on Native Imagery says the site outside Memorial ...Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is going home. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York said Sunday it’ll cooperate in transferring Sheen’s remains from Manhattan to Peoria, Illinois, after a court ruled Sheen’s niece could bury him there. Sheen, known for his ...Read more
OGLESBY – There will be a new coach at Illinois Valley Community College for their women’s basketball program. Josh Nauman has been hired as Illinois Valley Community College’s women’s basketball coach. Tom Ptak, who led the program for six years, stepped down following the ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — An attorney for a former Chicago alderman who pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges is asking a judge not to send his client to prison. Attorney Christopher T. Grohman argued Thursday against prison time for 67-year-old Willie Cochran, telling a federal judge that previous ...Read more
MENDOTA – The Mendota Police are investigating an incident involving a gun early Sunday morning. Authorities were called to the 100 block of 13th Ave around 3 AM for a report of someone with a gunshot wound. Police say they are still looking into the matter, but they emphasize ...Read more
OTTAWA – The Reddick mansion will again offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families this summer as part of the Blue Star Museums program. Blue Star Museums is a collaboration of the National Endowments for the Arts, the Department of Defense and more ...Read more
DEPUE – Kayakers who needed to be rescued were the cause of a call to area river rescue crews at Lake Depue Saturday. According to authorities Peru and Spring Valley River Rescue crews were notified that two people needed to be brought back to land after capsizing their kayaks around 6 ...Read more
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