CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — A student at the University of Illinois at Champaign has died after falling off a roof of a home near the school. Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup said that 21-year-old Destyni Thomas of Urbana was visiting a friend on John Street in Champaign when she fell from a ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Officials of Metra, the Chicago area’s commuter rail agency, assert the stranding of nearly 100,000 commuters in February wouldn’t have happened if it controlled Union Station. During a regional rail issues hearing before U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski on Tuesday, CEO James ...Read more
OTTAWA – Many area highways are going to be seeing construction crews once again this summer, with large resurfacing work planned over the next few months. IDOT announced that Illinois Route 251 from Shooting Park Road to 7th Street in Peru will be undergoing repairs starting at the end of ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials are warning residents to prepare for potentially severe weather forecast for large parts of the state. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency issued an alert Tuesday. The National Weather Service is forecasting damaging winds with hail and tornadoes ...Read more
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Aircraft maintenance and repair company AAR in June will lay off about half its workforce in Rockford, Illinois, citing an expected seasonal downturn in work. Wood Dale-based AAR began operating out of the Greater Rockford Airport Authority’s twin-hangar maintenance ...Read more
AURORA, Ill. (AP) — Autopsies on the five employees killedwhen a gunman opened fire in February at a suburban Chicago manufacturing plant have determined that all of them were shot more than once. The reports released on Tuesday by the Kane County Coroner’s Office concluded that none of ...Read more
MENDOTA – Infrastructure work is being planned for Illinois Avenue in Mendota. At Monday night’s city council meeting, Alderman Bill Hunt reported that sewer work will be done in addition to Illinois Avenue’s beautification project. The city will install new sewer lining, a ...Read more
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A body discovered at Waukegan Harbor on Lake Michigan has been identified as a 16-year-old boy missing from the Chicago suburb of Grayslake. The Lake County Coroner’s Office on Monday said it had performed an autopsy on Matthew Garcia and preliminary results show he ...Read more
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago judge has sentenced a Naperville man to 15 years in prison for opening fire on a group of people early on Thanksgiving Day 2016. DuPage County prosecutors said Monday that 32-year-old Dion Knight pleaded guilty to one count of felony aggravated battery on ...Read more
MORRIS – State Senator Sue Rezin continues to push for a bill that would allow the Department of Natural Resources to charge for parking at Starved Rock State Park. Sen Rezin said Monday that she’ll reach out to members of the state senate who voted no on the bill to see if she can ...Read more
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