TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Members of Congress want to modernize computer maps that assess which natural resources and infrastructure in the Great Lakes region are most vulnerable to disasters. Environmental Sensitivity Index maps are developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An unexpected tax-revenue windfall has so bolstered Illinois finances that Gov. J.B. Pritzker has nixed a plan to reduce pension-payment obligations next year. A letter to lawmakers Tuesday from the Pritzker administration reported $4.1 billion in individual and ...Read more
SPRING VALLEY – Spring Valley’s water department is putting together a safety protocol for flooding. After flooding of the Illinois River last week, City Engineer Mike Richetta came up with a spread sheet showing river stages to use as the city’s new water surface ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers stepped up on Tuesday to take aim at failures in the state’s child-welfare agency, haunted for decades by deaths wrought of abuse and neglect that state officials too often are too poorly resourced or too poorly managed to prevent. Rep. Sara ...Read more
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — Officials identified two more victims of a deadly northern Illinois explosion as crews continued searching for a fourth worker whose body hasn’t been recovered. The Lake County Coroner’s Office on Tuesday identified two of the victims of Friday’s blast at ...Read more
PRINCETON – A man was arrested after an early morning incident in Princeton, Tuesday. 34-year-old Nick Hand of Princeton was arrested for one count of aggravated battery after a 6:30 a.m. call for a person who had allegedly been shot in the Hillview Trailer Park. Authorities say upon ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White has announced the 2019 Illinois Public Library Capita and Equalization Grants, awarding over $15 million to libraries statewide. The funding is authorized under Illinois library law for public libraries, which allows ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Highway Department announced that waters have receded enough to allow for some area roads to be reopened, including Dee Bennet Road and Ben Samek Road on Tuesday afternoon. ...Read more
AURORA – A Kane County woman was arrested and her husband injured with a knife in an incident that police say involved her setting fire to his clothes. In the early morning hours of Sunday, Aurora Police were called to a residence on North Kendall Street where they discovered heavy smoke ...Read more
PRINCETON – An early morning call to police about an incident in Princeton has an area cordoned off with police tape and one person taken to the hospital. Princeton Police say that around 6:30 AM Tuesday they were called to the corner of Sarah Avenue and Hillview Drive. No details ...Read more
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