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  JONESBORO, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man who rigged a shotgun to a rope attached to the door of a shed on his property in 2018 has been convicted of first-degree murder in the death of another man who tried to enter. A Union County jury convicted William Wasmund, 48, Thursday of both

  CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois teenager who fell ill with a lung disease after vaping for over a year has sued a leading e-cigarette maker. Attorneys filed the lawsuit Friday in Lake County Circuit Court on behalf of 18-year-old Adam Hergenreder. The 85-page suit says Juul Labs deliberately

MENDOTA- The Mendota Fire Department and EMS were called to the water plant by Lake Mendota at noon on Friday for a reported chemical spill. Personnel stated they had a barrel that contained liquid permanganate, an oxidizer, that is used in the water treatment process leaking. Carus Chemical

OTTAWA – A man accused of a number of smash and grab burglaries around downtown Mendota has had his bond set at $100,000.  The Mendota Police Department say 54-year-old Craig J. Hynes allegedly broke windows of multiple businesses over the last few weeks and took various items.   He is

YORKVILLE – A Kendall County man was arrested Thursday and charged with 10 felonies involving child pornography. In July of 2019, the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office began an investigation into an online user who allegedly was in possession of child pornography. After they identified

SPRING VALLEY – Schweickert, Ganassin, Krzak and Rundio, a personal injury law firm, is representing a number of children who were allegedly injured in a school bus crash last week in Spring Valley. Attorneys say contrary to earlier reports, a number of students were injured and

CHICAGO (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert has sought to retract key admissions he made during his federal criminal case years ago that he sexually abused a then-high school student, a filing in an ongoing civil case alleges. The document filed by lawyers for the accuser cites a

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Singer R. Kelly was a no-show for an initial court appearance in a Minnesota case in which he is accused of offering a 17-year-old girl $200 to take off her clothes and dance in 2001. Kelly, who is jailed in Chicago on sexual abuse and other counts, was charged in Minnesota

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois’ budget office has issued a memo warning agency heads they should be prepared to make significant cuts to next year’s budgets. WNIU-Radio reports the memo, signed by Deputy Gov. Dan Hynes and Budget Director Alexis Sturm, notes the current-year

OTTAWA – The man Mendota Police say committed multiple smash and grab burglaries will have a bond hearing on Friday morning in Ottawa. The LaSalle County Jail says that 54-year-old Craig J. Hynes remains in their custody for now.   Hynes has been charged with two counts of burglary