New York City has agreed to pay hundreds of protesters who were surrounded, arrested and subjected to excessive force by police during a George Floyd protest in 2020. The lawsuit alleged that the NYPD “arrested and charged the protestors without probable cause and subjected them to excessive ...Read more
ROCHELLE – A Palatine man is being charged with first-degree murder after an investigation into a fire last fall in Ogle County. The Rochelle Police Department say that on September 18th of last year, firefighters were called to the 500 block of 7th Ave for a report of smoke in a residence, ...Read more
STREATOR – Former NBA player Chris Herren gave a compelling talk to a packed Streator High School Auditorium to share his journey of addiction. For over a decade, the former Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics player has been speaking to 200 high schools annually about ...Read more
STREATOR – Former NBA player Chris Herren gave a compelling talk to a packed Streator High School Auditorium to share his journey of addiction. For over a decade, the former Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics player has been speaking to 200 high schools annually about ...Read more
MCLEAN – An Arizona man is dead after the box truck he was driving collided with the rear of a tractor-trailer in McLean County Tuesday morning. The Illinois State Police say that on I-55 southbound near the community of McLean a tractor-trailer driven by a Utah man stopped on ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Agriculture plans to distribute more than $500,000 over a three-year period to expand the availability of locally-grown produce. The funding, allocated by the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program in the Farm Bill, will be awarded to those who ...Read more
PRINCETON – The OSF HealthCare Saint Clare Medical Center Tree of Lights campaign raised over $5,000 to upgrade surgical equipment. The campaign purchased a Scope Buddy, an endoscope flushing aid. Since 1990, the Tree of Lights has raised more than $120,000 for different departments of ...Read more
CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Health launched a new effort to eliminate viral hepatitis. The Illinois Hepatitis Coalition held its inaugural meeting, bringing together experts with the goal of formulating a plan to end the viral hepatitis epidemic in the state. The work will be ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Central Management Services launched a website for the African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission. It was established to bring an equity focus on African American communities and residents that have been impacted by the direct and systemic ...Read more
Conservative Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical about the legality of President Joe Biden’s student loan debt relief plan — announced by Biden in August and originally scheduled to take effect last fall. The program would allow eligible borrowers to cancel up to $20,000 in debt, but ...Read more
