SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration is investigating a case of Legionnaires’ diseases at the veterans’ home in Quincy, the site of 13 deaths from the malady starting with a 2015 outbreak. The Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs and the Illinois ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Four years after Chicago was chosen as the site of the Obama Presidential Center, it’s still unclear when construction will begin. Early predictions were that the $500 million facility could open in 2020. But the Chicago Tribune reports that the Obama Foundation has been ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has granted 20 petitions for clemency hours ahead of the New Year. A list released by the Illinois Prisoner Review Board Tuesday shows the cases date as far back as 1975 for crimes including battery, drug possession, attempted burglary and theft. ...Read more
URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois woman who allegedly attacked two police officers, leaving one with a broken arm, has been found unfit to stand trial. A Champaign County judge on Tuesday ordered 44-year-old Treva Murray committed for treatment until she’s deemed fit for trial in the ...Read more
MAYWOOD, Ill. (AP) — A 23-year-old tow truck driver has been struck and killed on a Chicago-area freeway while trying to remove vehicles from a previous crash. State police say Andrew Dove-Ferdere was outside his truck when he was hit about 6 a.m. Wednesday on eastbound Interstate 290 in ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD- (AP) State officials say a newly-hired military liaison will help service members and their families through the process of obtaining professional licenses. The position was created under a law signed earlier this year by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The Illinois Department of Financial and ...Read more
AURORA, IL – (AP) – Marijuana arrests dropped significantly in Chicago’s largest suburbs, a change many say is caused by decriminalization and a change of attitude toward the drug. Arrests for marijuana-related crimes plummeted by a range of 63% and roughly 80% from 2015 to ...Read more
UNDATED – Illinois will join 10 other states and the District of Columbia in allowing the purchase and use of recreational cannabis. The new law allows residents ages 21 and older to buy and possess up to 30 grams of cannabis or 5 grams of concentrate from a licensed dispensary. Medical ...Read more
CHICAGO – Gas prices are experiencing a year-end spike due to road trip travels during the holidays. According to the American Automobile Association, the majority of states saw gas prices increase in the last week, some by as much as a dime. In LaSalle County, gas prices increase by 7 ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) – Governor J.B. Pritzker has granted more than 11,000 pardons for low-level marijuana convictions, one day before the state’s new law permitting broad use and sale of cannabis takes effect. Gov. JB Pritzker granted the pardons on Tuesday at a church on Chicago’s ...Read more
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