SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois state officials are reminding local governments of a Dec. 1 deadline to submit applications for federal relief from the coronavirus pandemic.Congress approved so-called Local CURE funds as part of a COVID-19 relief package last spring. The money must be spent ...Read more
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — An Alabama man has been arrested in the 1987 killing of a 19-year-old northern Illinois woman following his indictment by a grand jury on first-degree murder charges. Sixty-four-year-old Jesse Smith Jr. was arrested Thursday in Albany, Georgia, a day after he was ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department reported Sunday that a total of 3,104 individuals are now considered recovered from their COVID-19 infection in the county since the pandemic began. They also announced 92 new infections and a total of 2,309 active novel coronavirus cases. Over ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois public health officials are reporting 10,012 new cases of COVID-19 and 76 additional deaths. The Illinois Department of Public Health has reported more than 10,000 confirmed and probable cases each day for four consecutive days. The last time it dipped below 10,000 was ...Read more
URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A 13-year-old central Illinois boy who admitted stealing five vehicles earlier this year has been sentenced to seven years in juvenile prison after a judge rejected his pleas for another chance. The News-Gazette of Champaign reports that the Rantoul teen sobbed Wednesday as ...Read more
DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — Archer Daniels Midland and a French company announced plans to produce protein from insects in Decatur, a venture that is expected to create hundreds of jobs. The site will be owned and operated by InnovaFeed at ADM’s Decatur corn processing complex. Construction is ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Lawmakers and cannabis industry insiders say Gov. J. B. Pritzker’s interpretation of Illinois’ marijuana legalization law is costing the state more than $100 million in tax revenue by blocking certain pot shops from relocating. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that even ...Read more
SPARTA, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court says a city acted illegally when it evaluated police officers partly by their number of tickets. The court said Sparta’s policy violated state law, which bars ticket quotas. Since 2013, Sparta, in southern Illinois, has used a monthly ...Read more
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — An Illinois 17-year-old accused of killing two people during a protest in Wisconsin was seen smiling in a photo with his lawyer and “Silver Spoons” actor Ricky Schroder being released from custody by posting a $2 million cash bond Prosecutors accuse Rittenhouse ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A sprawling park on Chicago’s West Side will now bear the name of 19th century abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Anna Murray-Douglass and not that of former Illinois senator and slaveowner Stephen Douglas. The Chicago Park District voted Wednesday to officially rename ...Read more
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