STERLING – A Sterling man is in custody and charged with arson after police say he allegedly started a fire early Monday that killed three. The Sterling Police Department announced that 40-year-old Steven W. Coleman was taken into custody Thursday and charged with three counts of
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say a police car pursuing a suspect’s vehicle slammed into a sport-utility vehicle overnight, killing the SUV’s driver and injuring several other people in a second collision. Police say the squad car crashed into a Ford Explorer in Chicago’s Lake
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CHICAGO (AP) — Several Chicago police officers are under investigation after a video surfaced showing them yanking two women out of a car and throwing them to the ground, and one of the women alleges one of the officers put his knee on her neck while restraining her. The Civilian Office of
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OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department Thursday said a man in his 70’s is the latest COVID-19 related death. Three new infections were also reported. Since the pandemic began 159 positive tests results have been found among residents, with 85 of those reportedly recovered and
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Thursday announced 929 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 116 additional confirmed deaths, 19 of those from outside of Chicagoland. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have taken 22,841 specimens for testing. The
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DEKALB- The DeKalb County Health Department said Thursday two more residents from Pine Acres long term care facility have died from complications of COVID-19. The residents were people in their 90s and 60s. This makes the fifth death at the facility, which has reported 50 residents and 19
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SPRINGFIELD – On Tuesday Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill allowing the sale of cocktails for pickup and delivery in Illinois. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, restaurants and bars have been unable to sell mixed drinks for consumption off-site. The bipartisan legislation changes a
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CHICAGO (AP) — Three members of the Illinois Legislature want lawmakers yo return to Springfield for an “emergency legislative session” to address the effects of violent demonstrations and looting on local communities and criminal justice reform. In a letter to House Speaker Mike
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic governors say they want a bipartisan statement from all governors opposing President Donald Trump’s threatened deployment of the U.S. military to quell unrest stemming from protests over the death of George Floyd. On a National Governors Association call,
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CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man is in federal custody after he allegedly pointed a gun at a federal agent while a child stood by his side. Joseph Hammond was arrested early Wednesday after U.S Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive agents responded to a call of an armed man firing
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