SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a law expanding a college scholarship program which in part is designed to keep Illinois students in the state. The Democrat visited Springfield Southeast High School on Thursday. The law allows universities to keep unused AIM HIGH ...Read more
AURORA, Ill. (AP) — Eight years after an Illinois boy disappeared, his family began to think that their nightmare might be over at last. A young man found wandering the streets of a Kentucky town claimed he had just escaped from two men in the Cincinnati area who held him captive for seven ...Read more
AURORA, Ill. (AP) — A convicted killer who has settled in a Chicago suburb said he’s “willing to work hard to change my ways” and won’t be a threat to area residents, decades after he was accused of being part of a satanic cult that killed women in the 1980s. “I ...Read more
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — The decision to sell beer in general seating areas during University of Illinois football and basketball home games could net the school over $100,000 in the first year, school athletics officials said. UI officials announced Tuesday that beer can be purchased at several ...Read more
KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) — A man who told police he was upset that a landlord didn’t return his security deposit has pleaded guilty to setting a fire that killed two boys in Illinois. Alex Sawyer will be sentenced to 20 years to 30 years in prison after his guilty plea Thursday. A fire in ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A union lobbyist who worked just one day as a substitute teacher is entitled to a pension worth potentially tens of thousands of dollars annually, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday in an opinion reinforcing its position that retirement benefits promised to public ...Read more
OTTAWA – The Ottawa YMCA will be purchasing property on the Illinois River front. The city of Ottawa accepted the sole bidder of the former Central School Track for only a dollar. Director of Economic Development Reed Wilson, says the city is supporting the YMCA’s plans to construct a ...Read more
PRINCETON, Ill. (AP) — Absentee ballots could break a tie in a race for city council in Princeton. Robin Swift and Jerry Neumann each emerged Tuesday with 771 votes in Princeton. Swift said she wanted to concede the race to Neumann, the incumbent, and run again in the future. But the Bureau ...Read more
CINCINNATI (AP) — Authorities have rejected a teenager’s claim that he is an Illinois boy who disappeared in 2011 at age 6. The FBI says DNA testing ruled out the teenager as being Timmothy Pitzen, missing from Aurora, Illinois. Police say the story of the teenager found wandering ...Read more
PERU – The Peru K9 Officer now is equipped with armor thanks to a donation from a charity. On Thursday Peru Police announced that Vested Interest have delivered to Saxon his new protective vest. The vest, valued at $950.00, is embroidered with the phrase “Born to Love-Trained to ...Read more
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