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CHICAGO (AP) — Michelle Obama’s Chicago high school alma mater is to name its new athletic complex after the former first lady. Whitney Young Magnet High School in May will name the $4.3 million project after Obama. She graduated from the school in 1981. Whitney Young Principal Joyce

TONICA – The American Red Cross will host a blood drive in honor of a local volunteer firefighter. Evan Knoblauch of Oglesby, was diagnosed in 2017 with Ewing Sarcoma, a cancerous tumor that progressed to his lungs. Knoblauch is still undergoing cancer treatments and continues to fight for

OGLESBY – Making Industry Meaningful In College (MIMIC) was named a finalist for the Bellwether Legacy Award, which recognizes previous Bellwether Award winners that have been offered for five or more years and have been replicated elsewhere. Six years ago, the MIMIC project was a finalist

HARRISBURG- The body of a teen missing since March 3rd was found Friday in rural Gallatin County.   The Illinois State Police announced that they located the remains of 19 year-old Brooke S. Naylor after a multi day search.  Her vehicle was found abandoned last week.  An autopsy has been

CHICAGO (AP) — One of the people injured in a deadly warehouse shooting last month is suing Illinois State Police, saying authorities wrongly let the gunman purchase the weapon used in the attack. Henry Pratt Co. employee Timothy Williams on Friday filed the lawsuit. It says he was shot three

OTTAWA, Ill. – State Rep. Lance Yednock introduced legislation that would improve the transfer of information relating to opioid overdoses in Illinois. Yednock’s House Bill 3459 would require coroners in Illinois to reports any death where opioids are a contributing factor to the Illinois

CHICAGO (AP) — A grand jury has indicted “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett of 16 counts related to allegations that he lied to police about an attack in January _ eight counts for what he told a police officer and eight more for what he told a detective. In the indictment filed

OTTAWA – Flu activity remains high across the nation, including Illinois. According to a weekly flu report released Friday by the U.S Centers for Disease Control, 48 states including Illinois reported widespread activity. Compared to minimal flu activity last year, Illinois ranks as one

MORRIS – A Morris man was found dead in his apartment with stab wounds to his body, according to the Grundy County Coroner’s Office. 65-year-old Daniel Smiley, was found dead in his apartment Friday morning. Preliminary investigation indicates Smiley sustained multiple stab wounds

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A leading Illinois business advocate says Gov. J.B. Pritzker has it “backward” in trying to solve the state’s fiscal crisis with a graduated income tax plan. Todd Maisch is president and CEO of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce. He says Pritzker’s