SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Four new sites have been added for this year’s Illinois Spring Trout Fishing Season. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says this year’s season opens 5 a.m. April 6 at 58 ponds, lakes and streams throughout the state. The new sites are Baumann Lake ...Read more
URBANA, Ill. (AP) — Data shared with trustees show that the University of Illinois withdrew 25 job offers across its three campuses after doing background checks last year. The total represents ten fewer withdrawals than the previous year and a fraction of the more than 13,000 background ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Experts in Illinois say preparations for next year’s U.S. Census are important because there’s a lot at stake, including billions in federal funding and congressional seats. An analysis by George Washington University’s Institute of Public Policy found that at ...Read more
MORRIS – The Morris Police Department is looking for a Joliet man who may be connected to a murder earlier this month. Police say a warrant for homicide has been put out for 32 year old Kasim K.E. Baker of Joliet. His whereabouts are unknown. Baker allegedly may be responsible for ...Read more
STREATOR – The Greater Livingston County Economic Development Council is supporting Vactor Manufacturing through an incentives program. The council approved a $120,000 grant to Vactor Manufacturing through an economic incentives program in recognition of the nearly 90 jobs they will be ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Adult film star Stormy Daniels is protesting the Illinois surcharge on live adult entertainment centers. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, read a two-minute statement beneath the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the state Capitol. She says the tax unfairly ...Read more
CASEY, Ill. (AP) — Police say a livestock hauler ran off the road and overturned on Interstate 70 in eastern Illinois, setting about 3,000 piglets loose. Media outlets report that about 100 of the piglets died in the Friday crash near Casey. Illinois State Police say the surviving pigs were ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say a 5-year-old girl died in a house fire on Chicago’s South Side. Chicago Deputy Fire Chief Thomas Carbonneau says crews responding at about 7 a.m. Friday found the girl on a bunk bed inside a first-floor bedroom. She was pronounced dead at the ...Read more
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AP) — The Missouri River floodwater surging on to the air base housing the U.S. military’s Strategic Command overwhelmed round-the-clock sandbagging by airmen and others. They had to scramble to save sensitive equipment, munitions and dozens of aircraft. Days ...Read more
MILWAUKEE (AP) — MillerCoors has filed a lawsuit against Anheuser-Busch, saying its St. Louis-based rival wants to “frighten” people away from Miller Lite and Coors Light by claiming those beers have corn syrup. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Wisconsin federal court but the feud ...Read more
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