Current Illinois State University student-athlete and LaSalle-Peru High School graduate Rachel Hickey posted an impressive performance at the USATF U20 Outdoor Championships Sunday evening in Miramar, Florida, clocking in at 4:30.93 in the 1,500-meter race to finish in second place. With that ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge decided to appoint a special prosecutor Friday to investigate the decision by Cook County prosecutors to dismiss all charges against actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of lying to the police by claiming he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in downtown ...Read more
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Illinois state troopers are teaming up with truck drivers in the Chicago area to crack down on distracted driving. The (Joliet) Herald-News reports the “Trooper in a Truck” program has troopers riding along in the cabs of commercial motor vehicles to better spot ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A union representing thousands of Illinois state workers says its members have approved a four-year contract that offers lump-sum payments and a series of raises. AFSCME Council 31 says workers will get $625 for each of the past four years worked. There will be a 1.5% ...Read more
DWIGHT, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a bill that would ban privately operated immigrant detention centers. A center had been proposed for Dwight in Livingston County. Mayor Jared Anderson tells radio station WJBC that it would have provided more than 300 jobs. Pritzker ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — State health officials say they’re adding a screening for a rare hereditary disorder that affects the brain, nervous system and adrenal gland test for all newborn babies in Illinois. Adrenoleukodystrophy affects about 1 in 20,000 births. The Illinois Department of ...Read more
LAPORTE, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a man struck his 15-year-old brother in the head in northwestern Indiana because he was upset about the teen vaping indoors, causing a skull fracture that led to his death. The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports that a recording of a hearing in the ...Read more
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A judge has set closing arguments for Monday after a former University of Illinois student accused of killing a scholar from China declined to testify at a trial that could lead to the death penalty. Prosecutors and Brendt Christensen’s lawyers rested their cases ...Read more
OTTAWA – The identity of two people found dead in an Ottawa home was released, and one suspected person has been found dead. According to the Ottawa Police Department, 49-year-old Nicol E. Scolaro and 51-year-old Paul E. Ladue were found dead as a result of multiple gunshot wounds in a ...Read more
OTTAWA – Two people have been found dead inside an Ottawa home. Ottawa Police said that shortly after 7 pm Friday, they were sent to a north side address to check on the well being of the residents. Police say two people, one male, and one female, were found dead inside the residence. ...Read more
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