By TERESA CRAWFORD and NAM HUH Associated Press WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — The mother of a Black woman who was injured in a police shooting in suburban Chicago that left a Black man dead said the two did nothing to provoke the officer. Nineteen-year-old Marcellis Stinnette was killed and his ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Police say they’ve arrested a suspect in the shooting death of a pregnant woman whose baby died four days after being delivered. In a tweet, a police spokesman says that detectives are working with prosecutors to secure charges. Thirty-five-year-old Stacey Jones was ...Read more
PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department confirmed that nine more residents of Livingston County have tested positive for COVID-19, as well as 3 more inmates at Pontiac Correctional Center. All 12 of these cases are recovering at home in isolation. Since the start of the pandemic, ...Read more
OTTAWA – A female in her 90s is the latest coronavirus related death in LaSalle County. The LaSalle County Health Department announced the death, the 62nd in total, along with 46 new cases. This is the most cases the county has seen in a single day since early September. 2,284 cases in ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – 4,942 new COVID-19 cases were reported Thursday by the Illinois Department of Public Health. That is the highest daily case count the state has seen since September 4th. The IDPH also confirmed 44 additional coronavirus related deaths, which included a female in her 80s from ...Read more
STREATOR – An opportunity for area businesses to keep up with their state required sexual harassment training courses is being offered in Streator. The Streator Area Chamber of Commerce is working with Woodland School and Streator Township High School, who use a company called Bushue Human ...Read more
STREATOR – The Streator Area United Way is nearing their fundraising pledge goal for the year. Ahead of their November 5th dinner, it was announced this week that they were over 88% of the way to meeting their nearly $240,000 goal. The bulk of the funds pledged have come from area ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced during National Teen Driver Safety Week that teen driver deaths are down 74% since 2007. “The goal has always been to save lives,” White said. “While our graduated driver licensing program is working as intended with teen ...Read more
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — As Illinois is battles a resurgence of the coronavirus, the governor is laying groundwork for distributing a vaccine when it becomes available. Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday that vaccines will first go to health ...Read more
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago police officer who made public allegations of misconduct in the death while in custody of a Black criminal suspect has been arrested. Joliet police Sgt. Javier Esqueda was charged Wednesday with official misconduct. The charges are the result of Esqueda ...Read more
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