LELAND – Leland and Somonauk school board subcommittees will be gathering virtually Thursday to hear the results of a study regarding consolidation of the two school districts. Leland has around 260 students and Somonauk has around 820. Both schools share some athletic programs already. If ...Read more
DETROIT (AP) — Mariners’ Church of Detroit observed the 45th anniversary Sunday of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The church held its yearly memorial service for the thousands of sailors who have died in Great Lakes shipwrecks over the years. The Fitzgerald ore carrier plunged to ...Read more
By MOHAMED IBRAHIM Associated Press/Report for America ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Prosecutors say the leader of an anti-government group in Illinois and alleged mastermind behind a 2017 attack on a Minnesota mosque was acting on his hatred of Muslims when he came up with a plan to pipe bomb the ...Read more
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors in Wisconsin have charged a 19-year-old man with supplying the gun that police say was used in a pair of fatal shootings during a protest in August. The Kenosha News reports that Dominick Black was charged with two felony counts of supplying a dangerous weapon ...Read more
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois’ Democratic governor on Monday welcomed Joe Biden’s immediate response as president-elect to the coronavirus pandemic, signaling the incoming Democratic administration’s plans could bring welcome ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — An alleged high-ranking member of the Mexican drug cartel Beltran-Leyva has been brought to Chicago to face charges he helped manufacture and import cocaine into the United States. The indictment of Geronimo Gamez-Garcia was revealed Monday in U.S. District Court. Gamez-Garcia ...Read more
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairwoman of House Democrats’ campaign committee won’t seek the post again for the next Congress. Illinois Rep. Cheri Bustos’ decision comes days after her party unexpectedly lost seats in last week’s elections. It ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois saw more than $100 million in marijuana sales in October. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation says there was a record $75 million in recreational pot sales last month. Sales of medical marijuana totaled another $33 million. Illinois ...Read more
PONTIAC – The weekend brought more new infections of COVID-19 in Livingston County, with the health department reporting 177 total new cases on Monday. Authorities say 113 new cases among residents and 64 inmates at the Pontiac Correctional Center. Since the pandemic began, 12 residents ...Read more
DIXON – The Lee County Health Department announced on Monday that twelve residents are hospitalized battling COVID-19. They also announced that they have 464 active cases in the county with 4 deaths reported since the pandemic began. Around half of the active cases are from the Dixon ...Read more
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