SKOKIE, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man who confronted a woman for wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the Puerto Rican flag has been found guilty of a hate crime. Timothy Trybus of Des Plaines was convicted Wednesday for confronting Mia Irizarry over the shirt. The 25-year-old Irizarry ...Read more
LASALLE – LaSalle-Peru High School students will have the opportunity to participate in a free heart screening. It was less than a year ago when a local junior high student lost his life during a basketball game to Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Studies show it’a the leading cause of death in ...Read more
SEATTLE (AP) — Seventeen states sued the Trump administration Wednesday to block rules weakening the Endangered Species Act, saying the changes would make it tougher to protect wildlife even in the midst of a global extinction crisis. The lawsuit, in federal court in San Francisco, ...Read more
BLOOMINGTON – The Illinois Farm Bureau President responded to the trade agreement with the U.S. and Japan. On Wednesday. the United States and Japan signed a limited trade deal that will open Japanese markets to American farm goods.The deal will reduce Japanese barriers to American beef, ...Read more
CHICAGO – Local pump prices are showing signs of stabilization after attacks on two oil facilities in Saudi Arabia earlier this month. According to the American Automobile Association, gas stations reacted just as swiftly as the market, raising local prices by as much as a quarter. ...Read more
SPRING VALLEY – Spring Valley needs your help picking up leaves this fall. Public Works Superintendent Jeff Norton says his department is in need of a couple people to help out with this year’s leaf pick-up. The job would require two people, one to operate a truck and the other ...Read more
MENDOTA – A man Mendota Police say is homeless was arrested Tuesday night on a charge of Indecent Solicitation of a Minor. Around 7:30PM they took 22-year-old Edward W. Pickford into custody after an investigation into an alleged incident. Pickford was charged with a class 4 felony and ...Read more
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man who was charged with murder in the death of a 71-year-old suburban Chicago woman more than two decades ago has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. Illa Venard’s son found her body in her condominium in Lisle in August 1994. Police ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois Racing Board has awarded a horse racing license to Arlington International Racecourse owner Churchill Downs Inc. The board on Tuesday granted the license for 2020 and 68 racing dates to the 91-year-old track in Arlington Heights despite the decision of Churchill ...Read more
ST. CHARLES, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois judge has issued an arrest warrant for a Chicago woman on a felony theft charge accusing her of bilking someone out of $5,000 in a lottery scam. A Tuesday statement from Kane County prosecutors alleges that 49-year-old Janet Cruz lied about winning a $2 ...Read more
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