LAMOILLE – La Moille High School will begin a Career Start program with Illinois Valley Community College. Beginning in the fall, students will be able to enroll in IVCC Career and Technical Education courses as part of their high school coursework. ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Legislation proposing the separation of Chicago from Illinois is intended to spark discussion about the overarching influence of the city in state politics, not actually lead to the creation of the 51st state, according to a central Illinois lawmaker who sponsored the ...Read more
SKOKIE, Ill. (AP) — A 71-year prison sentence has been handed to a suburban Chicago man convicted of killing a 14-year-old boy in 2012. Dajae Coleman, an Evanston Township High School freshman, was walking with a group of friends when he shot to death. Wesley Woodson of Evanston was eventually ...Read more
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis-based company has issued a recall for melon products sold in 16 states after being linked to a salmonella outbreak. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday that the recall includes cut watermelon, honeydew and cantaloupe produced by Caito Foods LLC. ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Legislation barring local governments from establishing what is known as right-to-work zones has been signed by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The bill prohibits laws barring employers and labor organizations from signing contracts that require workers to join unions or ...Read more
SHERIDAN – A Sheridan man is in the Kendall County Jail after being arrested on alleged sexual abuse and weapons charges. On April 12th, after an investigation by the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office, 24-year-old Donald Hicks was taken into custody on a warrant for Aggravated Criminal ...Read more
HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a mother and her unborn child. Rodney E. Black was convicted Thursday of charges stemming from the April 17, 2015, murder of Latisha Reidelberger and the child she was carrying. In ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield plans a celebration to mark the 175th anniversary of Lincoln’s purchase of his home. The library plans free admission for its first 175 visitors May 2 and a special display of artifacts, including ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — University of Chicago Medicine has announced that a $9 million donation toward expanding trauma care to help children and their families recover by going beyond just medical treatment to include things like psychiatric counseling. It said in a Wednesday statement that the Ellen ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — After being on the market for years, a red brick two-flat on Chicago’s South Side that once belonged to gangster Al Capone has been sold. Listing agent Ryan Smith says the 2,820-square-foot building in the city’s Park Manor neighborhood sold last week for $226,000, ...Read more
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