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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — More than 2,200 sets of preserved fetal remains found in the Illinois garage of a late Indiana abortion doctor have been returned to Indiana. Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill said Thursday that the fetal remains found last month at Dr. Ulrich Klopfer’s Will ...Read more

CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities are searching for a man who attacked an 18-year-old Chicago city bus passenger with a metal cane while screaming racist and anti-immigrant slurs at him. The Chicago Tribune reports that the attack happened Wednesday in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the city’s ...Read more

CHICAGO (AP) — The family of a man facing an Illinois terrorism charge for plowing an SUV into a suburban Chicago mall says he shouldn’t be called a “terrorist” because there was no political reason behind his action. Police say Javier Garcia, 22, was charged with felony criminal damage ...Read more

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago judge is expected to decide whether to let a former U.S. attorney stay on as special prosecutor examining the dismissal of charges against actor Jussie Smollett. The hearing Friday comes after Dan Webb revealed he co-hosted a fundraiser for Kim Foxx and donated $1,000 ...Read more

MENDOTA- The overtime is piling up and the Fire Department in Mendota is stretched thin.   That’s according to members of the department and the Mendota City Council who met Thursday afternoon to try to find solutions to being understaffed.    Options discussed were bringing in a private ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD – Deer hunters statewide in Illinois are encouraged to allow samples to be taken for chronic wasting disease testing from adult deer they harvest. In LaSalle County, the following sites are currently serving as self-serve drop-off sites where hunters can fill out a sample ...Read more

STREATOR – The Streator Area United Way is over 57% of the way to its 2019 goal. This year the organizations goal is $269,579.  2019 campaign chairperson Jon Mase says the employers of Schultz Monument, Schultz Vault, Streator Unlimited and Streator Home Savings Bank are at 100% ...Read more

CHICAGO (AP) — They don’t like the talk of impeachment, but there’s a small and growing number of Republicans who want the Democratic-run House investigation of President Donald Trump to proceed. Several House Republicans have said in recent days that they want answers to questions about ...Read more

  STREATOR – State Senator Sue Rezin, Senator  Jason Barickman and Representative Lance Yednock, gave Streator people a briefing on their legislative session and what they hope for the future of Illinois, on Thursday morning at Evergreen Place Supportive Living. Sen. Sue Rezin, ...Read more