LASALLE – Representatives from Illinois Cement spoke to a full crowd Thursday night regarding potential limestone mining. The public hearing at LaSalle City Hall discussed the rezoning and obtaining special use permits in order to obtain enough limestone for forty years of reserves for the ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Several environmental groups say coal ash dump sites at power plants across Illinois have contaminated the water sources of nearby communities. The report by the Environmental Integrity Project, Earthjustice, Prairie Rivers Network and the Sierra Club released Wednesday ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Prisoner Review Board denied parole to a 79-year-old inmate sentenced to life in prison for the killings of three suburban Chicago women at Starved Rock State Park. They voted 7-7 Thursday on Chester Weger’s request, leaving him short of the needed majority vote ...Read more
CARROLLTON, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say they’ve found the body of a 6-month-old boy in a wooded area of southwestern Illinois after the child was reported missing over the weekend. State police say the boy and his 22-year-old mother were reported missing Saturday to police in Alton and ...Read more
MENDOTA – OSF HealthCare St. Paul is offering Christmas light recycling. OSF HealthCare is hoping to divert contributing waste during the holidays by helping residents recycle unwanted Christmas lights through January. Steve Looney, director of facility planning and operations for OSF Saint ...Read more
WAUKECHON, Wis. (AP) — A two-day search for a petting zoo kangaroo who hopped away from a northeastern Wisconsin home has come to an unfortunate end after a hit-and-run accident. Authorities are now searching for the motorist who struck and killed the baby kangaroo named Lulu on Tuesday night ...Read more
PERU – The city of Peru plans to widen and realign North Peoria Street as well as build a round-about intersection to alleviate congestion. City officials held an open house on Wednesday evening, presenting aerial maps of the proposed project, taking input from the public. The roundabout ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois House took the rare step Wednesday of erasing from its record a Democratic legislator’s remark suggesting she’d like to infect the water supply of a GOP colleague’s loved ones with “a broth of Legionella.” Rep. Stephanie ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers failed Wednesday to reverse Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of a bill that banned the sale of tobacco to those younger than 21. The House voted 62-45 to overturn the “Tobacco 21” veto, but it needed a three-fifths majority of 71 votes to ...Read more
MILWAUKEE (AP) — MillerCoors and Pabst Brewing Co. settled a lawsuit Wednesday in which the hipster’s brand of choice claimed the bigger brewer lied about its ability to continue brewing Pabst’s beers to put that company out of business. The settlement came as jurors were ending ...Read more
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