ARLINGTON – The damage was limited and a home saved after a Thursday morning fire in rural Bureau County. The Arlington Fire Department was called around 7:45 AM to a home on 2950 East Street for a reported electrical fire. Cherry, Ladd and LaMoille also responded and the fire was ...Read more
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new survey of bankers suggests the economy is growing in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states. The survey released Thursday showed that the overall index for rural parts of the region improved to 55.9 in January from December’s 50.2. Any score above 50 suggests ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — University of Illinois administrators have voted to raise tuition costs for in-state freshmen for the first time in six years. Freshmen entering the university for the 2020-21 academic year will pay 1.8% more to attend the Urbana-Champaign and Chicago campuses, and 1% more to ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — One of the nation’s largest legal advocacy groups for immigrants runs a free legal help desk from a windowless room inside Chicago’s immigration court. Most days, there’s a line outside the door, with complex cases taking years to resolve. The attorneys have no ...Read more
DIXMOOR, Ill. (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a suburban Chicago police commander with aggravated battery for allegedly dragging a 66-year-old grandmother into a police station and slamming her face into a wall. Cook County prosecutors also charged Dixmoor Commander Ronald Burge Jr. with ...Read more
OTTAWA – A LaSalle man accused of suffocating his infant son is fit for trial. 23-year-old Kenneth Herbst appeared in court Thursday with Public Defense Tim Cappellini to announce to Judge Chris H. Ryan that Herbst’s psychiatric exam did not deem him unfit to face trial. Capellini ...Read more
UTICA – The Illinois Conservation police were notified Wednesday afternoon that the search for an Ottawa woman may lead to Starved Rock State Park. On Thursday morning, Ottawa police, Conservation police, and EMS from Oglesby and Utica were combing areas of the park for signs of 45-year-old ...Read more
STREATOR – Streator City Council laid down the law for where recreational marijuana businesses and grow house can be. Per the recommendation of the plan commission, cannabis dispensaries will be allowed in the central business district zone and grow operations will be allowed to be located ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Illinois is updating its birth certificate system to affirm the gender identities of transgender parents. The move comes after a transmasculine person asked to be officially recognized as a father who gave birth to their daughter. A state Department of Public Health ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Officials say a 14-year-old lion at the Brookfield Zoo near Chicago fell into her enclosure’s dry moat and died less than two weeks after her mate was put down for age-related issues. The Chicago Tribune reports that the female African lion named Isis fell into the 15-foot ...Read more
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