CHICAGO (AP) — The family of a teenager shot and killed by a Chicago police officer earlier this year has filed a federal lawsuit against the city and officer. The lawsuit filed Thursday claims 17-year-old Michael Elam Jr. was unarmed and not a threat when he was shot on the night of Feb. 16 on ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A former University of Illinois doctoral student on trial for killing a visiting scholar from China searched the internet for instructions on committing murder before the woman vanished, which one expert on serial killers says may be a sign that his boast to have killed 12 other ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The head of the Illinois Gaming Board has stepped down after serving four years in the post. Springfield attorney Don Tracy was named chairman by then-Gov. Bruce Rauner in early 2015. The State Journal-Register in Springfield reports Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s spokesman ...Read more
OTTAWA – Ottawa is getting closer to beginning curb replacements and construction of a new pedestrian bridge. Earlier this week, council awarded a bid to Complete Concrete Raising in Minooka for $254,000 for concrete work on East Stevenson Road, Boyce Memorial Drive the Turnberry ...Read more
OGLESBY – Construction on Starved Rock’s overflow parking lot was expected to be finished by now, but with wet weather wrecking havoc it could take months. According to Site Superintendent Kerry Novak, rain and flood damage has significantly held things up at the state park. The ...Read more
OGLESBY – Construction on Starved Rock’s overflow parking lot was expected to be finished by now, but with wet weather wrecking havoc it could take months. According to Site Superintendent Kerry Novak, rain and flood damage has significantly held things up at the state park. The ...Read more
OTTAWA – The Ottawa Fire Chief says details on last weekend’s fire on Chestnut Street will be released Friday. According to Chief Andrew Borkowski, the department is awaiting the State Fire Marshal’s conclusion to the investigation that started after a fire damaged two homes ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Historians say an enormous Bible given to Abraham Lincoln in the final months of the Civil War ties together the 16th president’s budding views on spirituality and his belief that God was calling him to end slavery as well as his widow’s labors to solidify ...Read more
MOMENCE, Ill. (AP) — The body of a 67-year-old Chicago man who went missing after his boat crashed into a logjam on the Kankakee River in eastern Illinois has been found. Media outlets report that authorities recovered Mike Stefano’s body Thursday morning from the logjam. Stefano, his ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois historians have planned a ceremony to unveil a “major artifact” from Abraham Lincoln’s life. The artifact will be presented Thursday morning at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum . Museum director Alan Lowe and others will ...Read more
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