CHICAGO (AP) — Federal prosecutors recently made clear that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is a subject of a criminal investigation into influence peddling to benefit an energy utility. The question now is whether the Democrat and the nation’s longest serving statehouse speaker ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Residents in six central and southern Illinois counties filed lawsuits Thursday against state-ordered restrictions on social interaction prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic.The actions taken in Bond, Clay, Clinton, Edgar, Richland and Sangamon counties seek court orders ...Read more
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three out of four Americans favor requiring people to wear face coverings while outside their homes to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, including a solid majority of Republicans. That’s according to a new ...Read more
LADD – Ladd will have only some of the children in class at any given time when school starts this fall. At the Board of Education Meeting on Tuesday night, they approved a plan where half of the students will be in the building one day, while the other half participated in E-learning. ...Read more
By COLLIN BINKLEY and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A new poll finds very few Americans think schools should return to normal operations this fall, even as President Donald Trump pushes for a full reopening. The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs ...Read more
OTTAWA – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that full overnight closures of Interstate 80 in La Salle County begin Wednesday night. The project to remove and replace the bridge that carries East 12th Road over I-80 requires all lanes closed July 22nd from 9 PM to 5 AM. ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Members of the Illinois House of Representatives’ progressive caucus say longtime House Speaker Michael Madigan must resign if allegations of a bribery scheme involving utility ComEd are true. The 12 caucus members said Monday the allegations disclosed by federal prosecutors in ...Read more
OTTAWA – A number of reported funnel clouds darted across North Central Illinois Monday afternoon, but were all harmless. The cold air funnels were caused by the air aloft being colder than the air underneath the clouds. The National Weather Service did issue a special weather ...Read more
MENDOTA – Mendota City Council approved a request Monday from the Knights of Columbus regarding their annual People with Intellectual Disabilities Tootsie Roll Fundraiser. The group requested the use of the corners of Main and Meriden Streets for September 18 and 19. The annual event, one ...Read more
OGLESBY – At the Monday night Oglesby city council meeting it was announced that the community is ahead of the state average in responding to the 2020 census. In the latest update the Illinois Public Health Association noted that statewide the response was at 66.9%, with Oglesby at 72.3%. ...Read more
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