CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago plans to begin replacing toxic lead water pipes across the city after decades of hiding downplaying the potential health threat to the public. The Department of Water Management on Wednesday shared with the Chicago Tribune its plans to replace 750 of the roughly 400,000 ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A ceremony at the Pullman National Monument marks another step in making a sprawling factory site on Chicago’s South Side a tourist attraction. Illinois and local officials gathered Monday to draw attention to the work being done at the site where Pullman passenger railroad ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – A group of wildland firefighters from Illinois have returned from Colorado after battling the largest in that state’s history. The 139,000 acre Pine Gulch Fire used assistance from the 21-person crew made up of U.S. Forest Service, Shawnee Resource and Conservation ...Read more
ORLAND HILLS, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago police chief has been fired over a social media post. Longtime Orland Hills Chief Thomas Scully was fired Wednesday after a post on his personal Facebook page that village leaders say they cannot tolerate. WBBM-TV reports the post is composed of a ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has ordered a former security guard at a suburban Chicago high school to pay $3 million in damages to the family of a former student who alleges that he sexually abused her dozens of times. The default judgment granted Tuesday against 35-year-old Michael Haywood ...Read more
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The top Republican in the Illinois House filed a breach of public trust charge against Democratic Speaker Michael Madigan, the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history. The action Thursday came as a special committee ...Read more
PONTIAC – An investigation is underway at the Pontiac Correctional Center after authorities say they have found two cases of Legionnaires’ disease. The Illinois Department of Corrections and the Illinois Department of Public Health made the announcement Thursday. They say two ...Read more
By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer Chicago Bears chairman George McCaskey would like to talk to Hall of Famer Brian Urlacher about his eye-opening Instagram posts last month. McCaskey said he is reserving judgment until they talk. Urlacher grabbed headlines and irritated some teammates when he ...Read more
DEKALB – A DeKalb man was arrested during an investigation into drug sales after allegedly posting online that he had drugs for sale. The city of DeKalb Targeted Response Unit Detectives say that 30-year-old Eric T. Hughes was spotted in a vehicle on Hillcrest Drive, and after making ...Read more
MINONK – An Illinois State Trooper was injured Thursday after a Wisconsin driver struck a patrol car in a construction zone on I-39. Authorities say a 71-year-old man from Menomonee Falls was traveling northbound near Minonk around 1 PM in Woodford County when for unknown reason he ...Read more
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