SKOKIE, Ill. (AP) — A Wisconsin man has been indicted for allegedly causing the death of an Illinois state trooper who was helping victims in a multiple-vehicle highway crash. Cook County prosecutors accuse 61-year-old Scott Larsen of
CHICAGO (AP) — A political outsider who campaigned on reforming Chicago’s police department after a white officer’s fatal shooting of a black teenager said Wednesday that voters likely had the high-profile case on their minds when they
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The nation’s farmers are struggling to pay back loans after years of low crop prices and export markets hit by President Donald Trump’s tariffs, with a key government program showing the highest default
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The state comptroller’s office has released nearly $11 million for construction at two Illinois Veterans’ Homes. Susana Mendoza’s office announced that $7 million was released last week for renovations at the veterans’ home
UNDATED (AP) — As Walmart moves to phase out its familiar “greeters” at some 1,000 stores nationwide, disabled workers who fill many of those jobs say they’re being unfairly targeted. Walmart told greeters around the country last
OGLESBY – From cars made out of meat, to peeps ridin’ baguettes, creativity fueled Illinois Valley Community College’s 14th Annual Edible Car Contest. Local high schools, IVCC students, faculty and staff crowded the college’s cafeteria in
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Officials staffing the state Emergency Operations Center in Springfield will be monitoring flooding in southern Illinois and will prepare to deploy assistance should local officials request it. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois Emergency
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Retired Illinois state Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie will be the first recipient of a new award to honor female legislators. Currie will be presented the Woman Legislator of the Year award March 5
STREATOR – ComEd is helping Streator go green with an LED streetlight program. Spokesman Jeff Hetrick with ComEd says the goal of the program is to switch out all of the high pressure sodium and mercury vapor
DETROIT (AP) — Fiat Chrysler says it’s cutting about 1,400 jobs at a plant in Belvidere, Illinois, that makes Jeep Cherokees — a move the automaker says is unrelated to a major investment in the Detroit area
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