WHEELING, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the hot tub drowning death of his wife. Eric Huska of Wheeling is accused of closing the lid of a backyard hot tub, causing the death late Saturday of Laura Huska. According to Wheeling police, home ...Read more
AURORA, Ill. (AP) — Forecasters are warning of downed power lines and tree limbs due to strong winds forecast through Wednesday morning across Illinois. The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for much of Illinois, warning of winds with gusts of 45 to 50 mph. Forecasters say the ...Read more
OTTAWA – Farmers are waging through the frigid weather, taking extra measures to keep their livestock warm. LaSalle County Farm Bureau President David Isermann says while the farmers are coping through the temperatures, the mud, sleet and slush have been just as bad, if not worse. Isermann ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois House could vote on a plan this week to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour, but inflation will largely negate the impact for low-income workers by the time the pay floor reaches that level in 2025. It’s no windfall for more than 1 million ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has overturned the drug convictions of 10 more men who were framed by a disgraced former Chicago police sergeant, bringing the number of people cleared in the scandal to 63. A Cook County judge granted motions Monday filed by prosecutors to vacate the men’s ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday announced the creation of a new office that will address what he says is a broken justice system. The Justice, Equity and Opportunity Initiative will be headed by Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and is expected to look at criminal ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors on Monday asked Illinois’ highest court to review the less than seven year prison sentence for the white Chicago police officer who fatally shot black teenager Laquan McDonald — an unusual move in what was already a rare case. Illinois Attorney General Kwame ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The northbound lanes of Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive at the Chicago River are closed after the discovery of two cracked steel beams used to support the roadway. Department of Transportation Commissioner Rebekah Scheinfeld says the damage was caused in part by the extreme ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has set a trial date for a man charged in the death of a 2-year-old boy whose dismembered remains were found in 2015 in a Chicago park lagoon. Cook County Circuit Judge Timothy Joyce on Thursday set a May 15 trial date for Kamel Harris after talks between his attorneys ...Read more
CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) — A plot of Illinois farmland once owned by President Abraham Lincoln is heading to auction. A retired farmer in the central Illinois city of Charleston is selling his family’s 590-acre farm, which includes a 30-acre plot once owned by the nation’s 16th ...Read more
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