CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois officials have disclosed fresh issues with the state’s automatic voter registration program, saying at least one eligible voter said she registered to vote but still ended up on an opt-out list. The program is already under fire for mistakenly registering over 500 ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Authorities say former Springfield, Illinois, Mayor Frank Edwards and his wife, Sangamon County Coroner Cinda Edwards, were two of the three people killed when a small plane crashed in a central Illinois field. Jim Allmon, chief deputy coroner for Sangamon County, ...Read more
UPDATED: https://www.wglc.net/marseilles-woman-charged-for-making-false-report/ MARSEILLES – A suspicious person is being sought after a resident complained of an unusual interaction with a visitor at her door on Tuesday night in Marseilles. According to the ...Read more
OGLESBY – The full Illinois Valley Community College Board is expected to consider a third year of no tuition increases in a meeting next month. Last week the board’s audit finance committee also recommended that high school students enrolled in any IVCC online course pay just 75 ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Several community organizations have announced a plan to get guns off the streets of Chicago and reduce gun violence by 20% this year. Arne Duncan, who is a managing partner at Create Real Economic Destiny, said at a news conference Tuesday that a 20% reduction would get the ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A former Illinois state senator has pleaded guilty to accepting around $250,000 in bribes for protecting the interests of a red-light camera company. Martin Sandoval entered the plea in an agreement with prosecutors during a hearing in Chicago Tuesday, a day after ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House of Representatives adopted a resolution on Tuesday and introduced a bill that would create a domestic violence task force. The House Resolution is in honor of 18-month-old Colton Micheal Miller who was fatally shot by his father in late September in ...Read more
UNDATED (AP) — Police say a 1-year-old boy whose father claimed had been shot in the head by a gunman outside their Chicago home was actually struck by a bullet as his parents struggled over a gun. The shooting happened Monday night. Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says the child is ...Read more
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led state House has voted against the use of eminent domain for a large wind-energy power line. Lawmakers voted 118-42 Monday to prevent using eminent domain to acquire easement rights for the Grain Belt Express power line. The ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago has filed bribery and tax charges against a former Illinois state senator and longtime chairman of the powerful transportation committee. A two-page filing in U.S. District Court Monday says the allegations relate to former State Sen. ...Read more
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