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CHICAGO (AP) — Suburban Chicago police say the suspect in the 1976 slaying of a teenager may be responsible for the killing or rape of a dozen more women who went missing about that time and have never been located. Lisle Police Detective Chris Loudon says investigators are trying to determine

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois regulators say they are investigating apparent violations of a rule intended to prevent marijuana shops statewide from stockpiling weed from a single cultivator while also reminding retailers that they must keep enough products on hand for medical patients. The Illinois

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago aldermen have rejected a proposed $125,000 legal settlement for a woman who witnessed the fatal shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald by a white Chicago police officer. Alma Benitez filed a federal lawsuit in 2016 alleging investigators tried to pressure her into

BRIDGEVIEW, IL (AP) – Cook County prosecutors have dropped DUI charges filed against a retired Roman Catholic priest accused of running over two teachers, killing one of them. The 72-year-old Rev. Paul Burak pleaded not guilty Tuesday to remaining counts of causing and leaving the scene of

STREATOR – Streator’s Plan Commission agreed on details of where marijuana businesses can be located and one cannabis cultivator wants to dig his roots in Streator. Commissioners voted Tuesday night to recommend that the council pass an ordinance where marijuana businesses are allowed

LASALLE – Around 20 businesses have flocked to the city of LaSalle in 2019. Economic Development Director Katheryn Koyak says in just three weeks three storefronts were filled. Koyak says once a business relocated to First street, more businesses came along filling in the empty spaces.

  OTTAWA – Six area communities have been awarded public infrastructure and housing rehabilitation grants. According to North Central Illinois Council of Governments, DePue, Neponset, Ottawa, Spring Valley and Toluca were awarded up to $500,000 for various construction projects related

STREATOR – The American Legion in Streator is to be awarded a facade grant on Wednesday. The city council plans to award just over $12,000 to the American Legion to make some replacements and installations. A special mural is also planned to depict military heroes. Artist Eugene Davis,

CHICAGO (AP) — Suburban Chicago police say the suspect in the 1976 slaying of a teenager may be responsible for the killing or rape of a dozen more women who went missing about that time and have never been located. Lisle Police Detective Chris Loudon says investigators are trying to determine

CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities in suburban Chicago say forensic tests have linked a man who died in 1981 to the 1976 strangulation death of a teenager and that the same man may be responsible for the deaths of at least two other people. Authorities in DuPage County said Monday that scientific