CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say a woman pulled her 6-month-old daughter out of a sport utility vehicle to safety after a gun-wielding man tried to carjack it with the infant inside. The 22-year-old woman was outside the SUV on Thursday afternoon when police say the man pointed a gun at her, ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Southwest Airlines has significantly scaled back its flights in and out of Midway International Airport, its Chicago hub, days after federal authorities closed the airport’s control tower after technicians tested positive for the coronavirus. Southwest Airlines spokeswoman ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois state Sen. Jim Oberweis has come out on top in the scrum of Republican candidates seeking to reclaim the 14th District U.S. congressional seat from first-term Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood. The Associated Press on Friday declared Oberweis the winner over six other ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD– Governor J.B. Pritzker is mandating a stay-at-home order starting Saturday through April 7th. On Friday, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced 163 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including the death of a Cook County woman in her 70s. Three additional counties ...Read more
UNDATED – The national gas price average is at its cheapest since 2016 at $2.17 per gallon. According to the American Automobile Association, pump prices continue to decline around the country as oil prices have decreased significantly in response to the increasing public health and ...Read more
UNDATED – OSF HealthCare is implementing hotlines so that the public can receive COVID-19 updates and possibly be screened for the virus. Text OSF to 67634 to receive free tips and information or visit their chatbox at osfhealthcare.org to connect to a digital assistant that can screen you ...Read more
OGLESBY- Starved Rock Lodge & Conference Center will be closed on Sunday. Carry out orders will not be available during the shutdown and will not be accepting new reservations through the end of March. Officials say they hope to be back in operation by April 1st. If you have a room ...Read more
PERU – Peru police say an unoccupied truck vs train collision occurred at the Plain Street crossing, but no injuries were reported. They say around 3 AM Friday two locomotives and six cars were damaged by the vehicle that they believe rolled onto the tracks from a nearby residence. The ...Read more
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Applications for jobless benefits are surging in some states as coronavirus concerns shake the U.S. economy. The sharp increase comes as governments have ordered millions of workers, students and shoppers to stay home as a precaution against spreading the virus that ...Read more
DIXON – Lee County still reports no confirmed cases of COVID-19, they did put another 28 people into isolation since Wednesday. Isolation is used to keep those feeling ill from healthy individuals and so far 61 persons meet that requirment in the county. According to the Lee County ...Read more
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