SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced the state has been awarded a $6.8 million equity grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. The grant will allow IDES to better understand and address equity gaps within the state’s unemployment insurance system. ...Read more
OTTAWA – The City of Ottawa will be adding a nature preserve to their portfolio of public spaces. The city has unanimously approved a lease agreement with Nells Woodland, a 56-acre nature preserve located at 2301 Columbus Street. The preserve will soon be open for residents and ...Read more
UTICA – The Illinois Audubon Society is planning a tree planting event at the Plum Island Eagle Sanctuary. On October 15th volunteers will be planting 85 trees on the 52-acre island adjacent to Starved Rock State Park. The deadline to register is October 10th. Volunteers are asked to ...Read more
OAK FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The names of three people found shot outside a suburban Chicago home and the man believed to have killed them before fatally shooting himself have been released. They were identified Friday by the Cook County medical examiner’s office as 44-year-old Carlos Gomez, ...Read more
EAST MOLINE – Earlier this month was the first week of fall semester classes for college students across the state – including 30 students enrolled in the Augustana Prison Education Program inside East Moline Correctional Center. The program is the first Second Chance Pell Experimental ...Read more
DIXON – One man is dead after exiting a moving vehicle in Dixon after having what was described by authorities as an altercation with the driver. The Dixon Police Department were called to the 1200 block of Palmyra Street early Saturday for a man involved in a motor vehicle incident, ...Read more
SENECA – A Chicago man that was last seen leaving a bar on a motorcycle in Seneca on September 17th has been found deceased. Grundy County Coroner John Callahan states in a press release that an apparent motorcycle crash occurred on US Route 6 east of the trailer park in Seneca that same ...Read more
STREATOR – The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office have issued arrest warrants for two individuals they say were involved in an incident in Streator where one male victim was shot on September 17th. Authorities say they charged 24-year-old Timothy M. Wheaton and 27-year-old Alyssa K. Shelton ...Read more
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — As sports betting has swept across the country, internet casino games have grown much more slowly. But the online casino market has tremendous potential for growth and expansion, according to participants in a major casino conference. ...Read more
OAK FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Four people are dead after what police say was a domestic incident in which gunfire could be heard and the house where the suspect fled caught fire. The incident occurred in the Chicago suburb of Oak Forest on Friday morning. Police say when they responded to the call ...Read more
