CHICAGO (AP) — A former personal injury lawyer in Chicago who created a cape-wearing character to drum up business has pleaded guilty to keeping secret from clients’ settlements he’d reached and keeping the settlement money for himself.
PERU – The city of Peru will make a motion at the end of the month to annex land for a roundabout road project. In a city council meeting on Monday, an agenda item was placed for
OTTAWA – The Midwest Emmy Award Winning documentary series about a Pontiac farmer serving in World War 1 will be coming to PBS this weekend. Director and Producer Kane Farabaugh’s latest project, which covers the experience of
MENDOTA – A 26-year-old Mendota man was arrested on Heroin charges Monday after an investigation by the Mendota Police Department and the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team. According to the Mendota Police, they took Sergio A. Arzola
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Media personality and political commentator Glenn Beck is pitching in to keep a trove of artifacts related to Abraham Lincoln in the 16th president’s hometown. Beck’s charity called Mercury One has donated $50,000
SPRINGFIELD – New seatbelt and child passenger laws will come into effect in Illinois in just a few weeks. In a new state law that will take effect beginning on January 1st, 2019 all backseat passengers in
WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — A northwest Illinois county’s decades-old deal with the federal government to detain immigrants living in the country illegally will bring in $10 million this year, according to records. McHenry County entered into the
OGLESBY – The Illinois Valley Community College Board’s audit-finance committee learned that once again the school had a clean audit of its financial statements. Wipfli LLP auditors reported no weaknesses or deficiencies. The school is currently debt-free,
JOLIET – In a filing under the Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, Caterpillar, Inc, now headquartered in Deerfield, announced that beginning in 2019 they’ll be closing their Joliet production facility. Around 285 employees will be
URBANA, Ill. (AP) — The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is creating a new center to focus on autonomous technology such as self-driving cars and robotic assistants. The university has allocated $2.1 million for the Center for Autonomy.
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