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CHICAGO – The Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has issued a warning regarding a new scam that looks to use fake bank websites to target consumers’ personal information. Scammers create the websites to make them look like a legitimate bank website to lure consumers into thinking they’re

The National Park Service said that more human remains were recovered from the receding waters of Lake Mead for the fifth time this year. The National Park Service said in a statement that rangers received an emergency call reporting the discovery of human skeletal remains at Swim Beach in the

Police are still searching for two suspects after nine people were injured in a mass shooting near downtown Cincinnati early Sunday morning. Eight men and one woman ranging in ages from 23-47 were hospitalized; all nine had been released from University of Cincinnati Medical Center as of 10:30

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced the removal of one silver carp from Lake Calumet in the Chicago Area Waterway System. Lake Calumet is about seven miles from Lake Michigan. The fish was captured last Thursday by gill netting and electro-fishing crews following a

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced the Department has issued a letter to all federal student loan servicers encouraging them to help alert and educate eligible student loan holders about the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. PSLF forgives

  CHICAGO – Since Monday, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline has declined eight cents to $4.13. Based on new data from the Energy Information Administration gas demand remains low and stocks continue to rise alongside falling crude prices, drivers will likely

A Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in California’s Napa County has caused one death and nearly a dozen hospitalizations since mid-July.  Public health officials have found one possible source of the bacteria that causes the illness, with high levels of Legionella bacteria being found

MORRIS – The Morris Police say a Shorewood woman was shot and killed and a suspect was arrested after an incident Thursday afternoon in the 500 block of Twilight Drive. Grundy County Coroner John Callahan announced Friday that 25-year-old Beverly A. Lambert was transported to an area hospital

DIXON – A Dixon man was found dead after his family reported him missing after kayaking on the Rock River. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office say that 40-year-old James Shirk was last seen in an orange kayak near the Custer Avenue boat ramp in Dixon on Tuesday afternoon. His body was