CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois’ first day of legal recreational marijuana generated over $3 million in sales. State officials announced Thursday that there were over 77,000 transactions on Jan. 1, the first day of legal sales. Crowds began forming early in the morning. State officials say ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) —Chicago police say two toddlers are dead after a woman stabbed her father, left one of the children in a bathtub and then jumped from an 11th-floor apartment with the other child. Police say the woman was found on the ground early Thursday with her 1-year-old son as her father ...Read more
OTTAWA — With legal sales of marijuana underway in the state on New Year’s Day, a question remained on how the impact of the recreational drug use will be felt on those requiring federal licensing, like gun owners. The Illinois State Police issued a statement that they will not revoke a ...Read more
CHANNAHON TOWNSHIP, Ill. (AP) — A former employee at a Chicago-area vegetable oil producing company faces theft and forgery charges in the suspected theft of more than $597,000 through an expense reporting scheme. The Will County sheriff’s office says Jennifer C. Ramos was arrested Monday. It ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration is investigating a case of Legionnaires’ diseases at the veterans’ home in Quincy, the site of 13 deaths from the malady starting with a 2015 outbreak. The Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs and the Illinois ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Four years after Chicago was chosen as the site of the Obama Presidential Center, it’s still unclear when construction will begin. Early predictions were that the $500 million facility could open in 2020. But the Chicago Tribune reports that the Obama Foundation has been ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has granted 20 petitions for clemency hours ahead of the New Year. A list released by the Illinois Prisoner Review Board Tuesday shows the cases date as far back as 1975 for crimes including battery, drug possession, attempted burglary and theft. ...Read more
URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois woman who allegedly attacked two police officers, leaving one with a broken arm, has been found unfit to stand trial. A Champaign County judge on Tuesday ordered 44-year-old Treva Murray committed for treatment until she’s deemed fit for trial in the ...Read more
MAYWOOD, Ill. (AP) — A 23-year-old tow truck driver has been struck and killed on a Chicago-area freeway while trying to remove vehicles from a previous crash. State police say Andrew Dove-Ferdere was outside his truck when he was hit about 6 a.m. Wednesday on eastbound Interstate 290 in ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD- (AP) State officials say a newly-hired military liaison will help service members and their families through the process of obtaining professional licenses. The position was created under a law signed earlier this year by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The Illinois Department of Financial and ...Read more
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