CHICAGO (AP) — A newborn baby boy is hospitalized in critical condition after being found atop a trash can on Chicago’s Northwest Side. Fire Department Deputy Chief Curtis Hudson says a passer-by discovered the boy and brought
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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