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STREATOR – Streator City Council laid down the law for where recreational marijuana businesses and grow house can be. Per the recommendation of the plan commission, cannabis dispensaries will be allowed in the central business district zone and grow operations will be allowed to be located ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Illinois is updating its birth certificate system to affirm the gender identities of transgender parents. The move comes after a transmasculine person asked to be officially recognized as a father who gave birth to their daughter. A state Department of Public Health ...Read more

CHICAGO (AP) — Officials say a 14-year-old lion at the Brookfield Zoo near Chicago fell into her enclosure’s dry moat and died less than two weeks after her mate was put down for age-related issues. The Chicago Tribune reports that the female African lion named Isis fell into the 15-foot ...Read more

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago has again bolstered its sanctuary policies as aldermen approved a plan requiring police to document any requests for assistance from federal immigration agents. But immigrant rights activists say the measure falls short of what Mayor Lori Lightfoot has promised. While the ...Read more

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has ruled Chicago’s Lincoln Towing Service, reviled by owners of illegally parked cars and parodied in song for its aggressive way of doing business, may stay in business. A Cook County judge ruled Wednesday the Illinois Commerce Commission “violated fundamental ...Read more

CHICAGO (AP) — An autopsy by the Cook County medical examiner failed to determine the cause of death of a suburban Chicago woman whose body was found in a car on Chicago’s West Side. Wednesday’s autopsy didn’t rule on the cause or manner of death for 34-year-old Sureel Dabawala, ...Read more

HAZEL CREST, Ill. (AP) — The remains of a suburban Chicago soldier who was killed in an attack on a Kenyan military base have arrived in Illinois. Army Specialist Henry Mayfield Jr. of Hazel Crest was killed on Jan. 4. Hazel Crest residents observed Mayfield’s body arrival at O’Hare ...Read more

OTTAWA – An Ottawa woman was reported missing on Tuesday, and authorities are seeking  help to find her. They say that 45-year-old Tina M. Donovon, who is described as being 5’4″ tall, 160 lbs with brown hair and blue eyes has not been located and anyone with any information is ...Read more

STREATOR – Business owners in Streator are coming together for a conference hosted by other local business owners to share goals, ideas and concerns. The meeting will be called Streator Area Businesses Past Present and Future hosted at the Silver Fox on Monday at 6 p.m. Jim Pellino, who ...Read more

OTTAWA – Results from a mental health test, that would determine if a LaSalle man accused of suffocating his infant son is fit for trial is expected to be announced, Wednesday. 23-year-old Kenneth Herbst faces first-degree murder charges stemming from a spring 2019 incident in the 900 ...Read more