PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Police say 13 people were shot and wounded after a fight broke out along the riverfront in the central Illinois city of Peoria. Police spokeswoman Amy Dotson says none of the people who were shot early Sunday have wounds that are considered life-threatening. Officers ...Read more
AMBOY – Near simultaneous fires Sunday morning kept over a dozen fire departments busy in rural Lee County. Around 4:30 AM a call was put out for two fires in farm structures 3/4 of a mile apart in the 1400 block of Sterling Road outside of Amboy. Crews battled the blaze for over ...Read more
By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Most Chicago children would return to the classroom two days a week and spend the other three days learning remotely once the school year begins under a tentative plan outlined by officials from the nation’s third-largest school district. ...Read more
MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — Officials in a western Illinois city have told a homeowner that the vibrant colors on her family’s rainbow-striped house can stay despite an earlier order that she repaint the residence. The Quad-City Times reports Moline city officials said Thursday in a ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A group dedicated to preserving Abraham Lincoln’s legacy is hoping to show people what his Springfield home was like before it was the two-story, 12-room dwelling that visitors tour today. The Abraham Lincoln Association is raising money to buy land near the ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say an officer rescued a miniature horse after finding it tied to a truck outside without access to water or shade. Police said that an officer discovered the horse on Monday afternoon in the city’s Back of the Yards neighborhood. WLS-TV reports that the ...Read more
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit bike manufacturer is expected to bring Schwinn production back to the U.S. later this month as workers begin assembling limited copies of Schwinn’s classic 1965 Collegiate bike. The Detroit News reports that Detroit Bikes LLC is building 500 bikes of the revived ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Federal officers have seized 450 fake iPhone cases during an inspection at a facility at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the counterfeit cases were in a package that originated from Hong Kong and was headed to an Amazon ...Read more
OGLESBY – Recent Illinois Valley Community College graduates Devanshi Patel of La Salle and Jacob Ritko of Streator are the recipients of full-tuition William and Dian Taylor scholarships to Northern Illinois University. Patel won the Taylor STEM scholarship and Ritko the accountancy award. ...Read more
DES MOINES IA – An insurance company has chosen a late teacher from Illinois as their first ever Ag Educator of the Year. Ed Curry of River Ridge High School was selected out of a field of finalists for Nationwide’s 2019-2020 Golden Owl Award. “As an agriculture education teacher and ...Read more
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