CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to legalize marijuana and open a city-owned casino to help pay down the city’s $28 billion public-pension debt. Emanuel’s proposal also calls for issuing up to $10 billion in pension obligation bonds and changing the state ...Read more
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — A 75-year-old man has been sentenced to 6-1/2 years in prison for defrauding seven southern Illinois banks out of more than $500,000.A federal judge ordered the sentence for Alfred Cross, who pleaded guilty to five counts of bank fraud. Cross is from Marion County ...Read more
OTTAWA – The Ottawa Police Department is warning people about another round of phone scams in the area. According to authorities, scammers are leaving messages claiming to be from the Social Security Administration. The caller says he works for the Social Security Administration and your ...Read more
PRINCETON – The North Central Illinois Council of Governments is applying for a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant to update Bureau County’s pre-natural disaster plan. The Pre-Disaster Mitigation grant through the Illinois Emergency Management Agency would fund an update the Bureau ...Read more
PRINCETON – A solar farm was approved by the Bureau County Board Tuesday night. Despite the Zoning Board Administration’s recommended denial of the solar project, the board approved conditional use with stipulations included for Clean Energy Design Group. Conditions included implementing ...Read more
STREATOR – No injuries were reported in a fire at a home in Streator on Tuesday, however pets did perish. According to the Streator Fire Department, they were called around 3:30 p.m. for a report of smoke coming from the roof of a home in the 700 block of West Grant Street. According to ...Read more
LASALLE – While the Illinois Bicentennial Passport Program may be over, passports are still being handed in to the I & M Canal Corridor Association for prizes. According to Program Coordinator Mara Moore, over 50 passports have been received from the program to win prizes for the number ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to pass the new Farm Bill, voting 87-13. According to LaSalle County Farm Bureau President David Isermann, while the bill is yet to be ratified, a compromise from the Senate and the House Agriculture Committees added the legalization of ...Read more
CHICAGO – More than half of all Americans have yet to get a flu shot, according to a new study. A survey from the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago shows that more than half of all Americans are yet to get the flu shot with few intending to do so. ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD — Nationwide, more children than ever have been diagnosed with a terrifying paralyzing illness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that there are 158 confirmed cases so far this year, with the Illinois Department of Public Health finding 9 across the state. ...Read more
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