PRINCETON – The man who was the center of the police standoff in Princeton most of the day on Friday has not yet had a bond hearing. Princeton Police say they were called to the 600 block of North First Street early Friday for the report of a person with a weapon in a home. Inside, they say ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois high school graduates have increasingly chosen to enroll in out-of-state colleges and universities in recent years, according to new state data. The Illinois Board of Higher Education’s figures reveal that the exodus is continuing, the Chicago Tribune ...Read more
STAUNTON, Ill. (AP) — Illinois State Police say a trooper is recovering at a hospital after being wounded during a shootout with a carjacking suspect who was fatally shot. State police say the Glen Carbon Police Department in southern Illinois alerted them about an armed carjacking Saturday ...Read more
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man has pleaded not guilty to charges in connection with a vehicle crash that killed a 17-year-old high school junior. The attorney for 51-year-old Joseph Kucharski’s entered the pleas on his behalf Friday. The Naperville man faces nine counts of ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Federal prosecutors say the owner of Pennsylvania debt collection company faces charges he tried to bribe county clerks in Illinois and Florida to obtain business from their offices. Prosecutors said Friday that Penn Credit Corp. owner Donald Donagher Jr. has been indicted on six ...Read more
DETROIT (AP) — When the recordings of the basic track arrived in Detroit from Chicago, Paul Riser Sr. knew it was time to get to work. But the orchestral arranger also knew he had something special to work with. “It hit me the same way like everyone else in the world: The lyrics are so ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The University of Illinois at Chicago has created a scholarship in memory of an emergency room doctor who was killed in a shooting at a Chicago hospital last year. The school says the Tamara O’Neal Scholarship Fund will benefit first-year medical students in its Urban ...Read more
FREEPORT, Ill. (AP) — Rising waters along the Pecatonica and Rock rivers have flooded some homes in Freeport, Rockford and Machesney Park. The American Red Cross opened a shelter Friday night for those displaced by flooding in Rockford. Freeport resident Mary Martin says that within an hour of ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of revelers lined the streets to watch the Chicago River be dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day. The annual tradition that dates back decades took place Saturday morning on a stretch of the river in downtown Chicago. Celebrants stood on the Michigan Avenue bridge and ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A huge section of Illinois that honors the life and work of Abraham Lincoln and promotes tourism and recreation has been expanded. The Lincoln National Heritage Area established in 2008 covers 42 counties across Illinois. It stretches across the central part of the ...Read more
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