CHICAGO (AP) — A new lawsuit wants a federal judge in Chicago to deem unconstitutional laws that let charity groups solicit money on roadway medians but that ban panhandlers from doing so. The filing on behalf of two panhandlers argues Illinois law and a Downers Grove ordinance violate ...Read more
MENDOTA- One person was taken to the hospital with burn injuries after a car fire Friday night in Mendota. Around 10:30 PM Mendota Fire and EMS were called to the 1400 block of Meriden Street for a car fire in a driveway. According to Fire Chief Rutishauser an occupant of the residence had ...Read more
UTICA – US Silica intends to idle its Utica facility on Sunday. According Spokesman Mike Lawson, changes in customer’s buying patterns is the reason for the deactivation. The company sees limited demand in that facility, stating customers would now rather buy closer to drilling ...Read more
DANVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say an inmate in a holding cell at the courthouse in eastern Illinois was shot after stabbing a sheriff’s deputy several times in the face. The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports that the I Vermilion County Sheriff Pat Hartshorn said the incident ...Read more
STREATOR – Crops in southern LaSalle County are showing the effects of a mostly dry summer. According to LaSalle County Farm Bureau President David Isermann, the recent rainfall this week only touched down in northern parts of the county, leaving crops south of the Illinois ...Read more
SHABBONA – The Dekalb County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information into a series of car burglaries in Shabbona this week. According to the Dekalb County Crime Stoppers, at some time during the overnight hours of Tuesday and Wednesday, several car burglaries and two shed ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) learned of the death of an individual who had recently vaped and was hospitalized with severe respiratory illness. The number of cases of people reported to IDPH who have used e-cigarettes or vaped and have been hospitalized with ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The troubling scene inside the dingy Chicago apartment seems real: dangling exposed wires, open pill bottles near a sleeping baby and a kitchen strewn with dog feces and cockroaches. But the mock apartment — with a lifelike infant doll, candles emitting foul smells and plastic ...Read more
SHABBONA – An early Friday morning two vehicle crash sent an Ottawa man to a Rockford hospital via helicopter. According to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office around 6 AM they were called to the intersection of Illinois Route 23 and Chicago Road for an SUV vs Car crash. Police say ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois judge seems close to appointing a special prosecutor to look into why state prosecutors abruptly dropped charges against actor Jussie Smollett accusing him of staging a racist, anti-gay attack against himself. A hearing Friday will be one of the first opportunities ...Read more
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