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CHICAGO (AP) — 7-Eleven has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of a Chicago bartender who was knocked unconscious outside one of the company’s stores, robbed by passers-by and fatally run over by a taxi. Security cameras captured the February 2016 incident that left 32-year-old Marques ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois owner of an outfitter service has pleaded guilty to federal charges that included deploying an electronic bird caller to lure geese into shooting range. A statement from the U.S. attorney’s office in Springfield says 58-year-old Rick A. Hamm, of ...Read more

  VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — Police say three Illinois men have been charged with resisting arrest following a pursuit involving 10 law enforcement agencies and shots fired by officers. Valparaiso police say the three Dolton, Illinois, men — 22-year-old Kobe Watson, 19-year-old Chaz Murray ...Read more

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A preliminary hearing was postponed for five Chicago teenagers charged with murder in a fatal shooting that occurred during an attempted burglary. Lake County prosecutors asked for the delay Thursday, saying the investigation into the Aug. 13 shooting in Old Mill Creek ...Read more

  SPRING VALLEY – Spring Valley’s City Council continued discussion on whether or not they should tax Walmart Distribution Center for it’s up and coming solar garden. In a committee meeting on Wednesday, City Attorney Jim Andreoni says based of his knowledge from the ...Read more

  OTTAWA – The city of Ottawa plans to do some work on nearby rivers. The city plans to pass an ordinance authorizing agreements with a bond service management to fund projects on the Fox and Illinois rivers. According to Commissioner Wayne Eichelkraut, the city wants to finance a ...Read more

CHICAGO (AP) — The final documents relating to the murder trial of a white former Chicago police officer in the 2014 shooting death of black teenager Laquan McDonald have been released. Many of the documents unsealed Wednesday by a Cook County judge had large sections blacked out. However, one ...Read more

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — The University of Illinois says a student charged with a hate crime for leaving a noose in a residence hall elevator is no longer enrolled at the school. Champaign County prosecutors allege 19-year-old Andrew Smith of Normal found some rope in an elevator over the weekend ...Read more

CHICAGO (AP) — Corruption charges against former Rep. Aaron Schock have been officially dismissed six months after prosecutors’ surprise announcement they’d struck a deferred prosecution deal with the defense. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly ordered the formal dismissal of ...Read more