SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Former Illinois House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie has been named to the Pollution Control Board by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Currie, who is replacing board member U-Jung Choe, who was appointed by Gov. Bruce Rauner in 2018. Currie’s term ends June 30, ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Officials with Illinois’ child-welfare agency said Friday they are reviewing cases involving the state’s youngest children in which caseworkers found insufficient evidence of abuse or neglect, after the beating death of a 5-year-old boy with a long history of contact ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Rob Pruitt calls it a “monument of a movement.” Visitors to the Stony Island Arts Bank in Chicago will see 2,922 portraits of former President Barack Obama. “The Obama Paintings” is Rebuild Foundation’s newest exhibit. Pruitt painted Obama’s ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The recently departed ethics watchdog of the Illinois General Assembly said Wednesday she was refused permission to publish a substantiated report of wrongdoing by a legislator in a system she described as broken. Julie Porter, who was the interim legislative inspector ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A jury has awarded more than $21 million to the family of a Chicago mother of five killed during a police chase. Thirty-seven-year-old Maria Carrion-Adame was killed and members of her family injured when the minivan slammed into their vehicle on Dec. 12, 2015. In a lawsuit, ...Read more
BEACH PARK, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say the conditions of five people have improved, two days after they were sickened by ammonia leaking from tanks in Lake County. The Lake County sheriff’s office says five people have been upgraded to serious condition from critical, including a ...Read more
GRUNDY CO. – A traffic crash Saturday morning claimed the life of a woman Saturday. According to the Grundy County Coroner, John Callahan, the crash occurred around 10 a.m. Saturday morning at the intersection of Gorman and Stonewall. Preliminary investigation indicates the driver, 50 ...Read more
PERU – A ground-breaking ceremony was held at the Illinois Valley PADS Shelter in Peru Saturday morning. The ceremony celebrated plans to create family rooms and other upgrades. Executive Director Carol Alcorn says the dream to extend the shelter began five years ago. Alcorn says ...Read more
MENDOTA – Everyone needs to be cautious whenever they receive an unsolicited phone call, and Mendota police warn that even on the weekends scammers will try to find their next victim. They reported on Saturday morning that they already received complaints of a person claiming to be from ...Read more
PEORIA – A man has died while bicycling late Friday evening after being struck by a car. Peoria Police say the 31-year-old Tavari S. Armstrong was riding south on Western Avenue when he reportedly turned eastward onto Millman Street just before midnight when he was hit by a car. ...Read more
National News
