FREEPORT, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has toured flooded northern Illinois neighborhoods and asked the state’s emergency operations center to expedite help to affected areas. The National Weather Service says the Rock and Pecatonica rivers have
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — Fourteen men from central and South America were found crammed into an SUV that was pulled over last month on Interstate 64 in southern Illinois, authorities said Wednesday. A Lebanon police officer
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest has been arrested on a misdemeanor assault charge after he was accused of groping a woman in home hospice care while giving her last rites. The Rev. Gerold Langsch,
CHICAGO (AP) — Attorneys who have represented clergy abuse victims across the United States say they are releasing a report that lists the names of every Catholic priest and lay person in Illinois who has been publicly
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man has pleaded not guilty to federal charges accusing him of fatally shooting a sheriff’s deputy who was trying to serve an arrest warrant at a hotel. Floyd E. Brown of
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri regulators have reversed course and given the go-ahead to one of the nation’s largest renewable energy projects. The Grain Belt Express power line approved Wednesday would carry wind power from Kansas
MENDOTA – A handgun was reported missing after a vehicle burglary Saturday in Mendota. Wednesday Mendota Police announced that they were asking for information regarding a theft that occurred to a motor vehicle in the 1200 block
MENDOTA- A burglary at a restaurant in the 1600 block of 13th Ave last year in Mendota has authorities looking for help in identifying a suspect. In surveillance footage released by the Mendota Police Department, a
CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand a prison sentence of less than seven years for a Chicago police officer convicted of killing teenager Laquan McDonald that many criticized as far too lenient.
STREATOR – The Streator High School board announced the approval of bids for upcoming projects. In a board meeting Tuesday bids were approved for auditorium renovations, asbestos abatement and fire alarm replacements for the high school. Superintendent
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