SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois State Police have announced an arrest in the case of a trooper who was struck and killed by a vehicle along Interstate 294 in suburban Chicago during a snowstorm. Trooper Christopher Lambert on Jan. 12 was headed home when he pulled over and got out of his ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois legislators are reviving bills that would raise the legal age to purchase tobacco products to 21. Media outlets report that that Democratic Sens. Julie Morrison and Michael Hastings are sponsoring the Senate bill, while Democratic Reps. Camille Lilly and Sonya ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of a scam where someone falsely claims to be from the office. According to sheriff’s, the scammer uses actual names and ranks of current deputies, and asks the person by name why they’ve missed grand jury ...Read more
PRINCETON – Two people were seriously injured after a vehicle crashed into a guardrail in Princeton, Friday. According to Illinois State Police a 24-year-old Moline man was traveling eastbound on I-80 when he lost control of his vehicle and allegedly struck a guardrail that entered the ...Read more
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A U.S. Air Force colonel based at Scott Air Force Base is being promoted to general and will head the Illinois Air National Guard. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker appointed Col. Peter Nezamis to the post. He’s replacing retiring Maj. General Ronald Paul and will serve ...Read more
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Firefighters are trained to rescue residents of burning buildings but what if those residents are cows, horses or pigs? The Illinois fire Service Institute based at the University of Illinois is teaching firefighters called to barn fires how to lead the animals from the ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The number of women in the Illinois Legislature has increased slightly, though the numbers still fall behind a state panel’s goal of having equal representation. The 101st Illinois General Assembly has 64 women, up from 62 women two years ago. The state has 177 ...Read more
GENEVA, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to 181 years in prison for child sexual abuse and assault. Prosecutors say Kane County Judge Donald M. Tegeler Jr. on Friday sentenced 51-year-old Noel F. Buhay of Sugar Grove. Prosecutors called it “one of the longest ...Read more
GARY, Ind. (AP) — Five abandoned homes where a former Marine strangled and hid the bodies of seven women will be demolished and replaced by memorials to the victims, said officials in a northwest Indiana city. Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson said razing the homes should provide ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – A Romeoville man was taken into custody after crashing into two Illinois State Police squad cars, resulting in injuries to both troopers. According to the Illinois State Police, on Thursday just before 7 p.m. a District 15 Trooper was inside his squad car investigating a ...Read more
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