CHICAGO (AP) — The medical examiner’s office in the county that includes Chicago says that the number of homicides so far this year has already surpassed the total for all of 2019 and is on a pace to exceed 900 for just the fourth time in more than a quarter century. In a news release,
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MACOMB – All classes were cancelled for Wednesday at Western Illinois University as authorities investigate a shooting on campus. The school released an early morning statement that around 10:30 PM Tuesday a man was shot in Thompson Hall and the building was evacuated. Officials say
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WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — Two former Illinois child welfare workers who investigated abuse allegations involving a 5-year-old boy allegedly killed months later by his parents face child endangerment charges. They’re accused of failing to protect Andrew “A.J.” Freund from harm.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois attorney general says students who were enrolled at now-closed ITT Technical Institute campuses in the state are eligible for $9.4 million in student loan forgiveness. The state’s share of a $330 million national settlement finalized Tuesday follows
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago officials say they’ve started hiring hundreds of contact tracers in the fight against COVID-19. Mayor Lori Lightfoot first announced the $56 million initiative in May. City officials said Monday that 31 community organizations will help create the program and
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago officials are cautioning city residents about travel to Wisconsin, citing a recent COVID-19 spike in Illinois’ neighbor to the north. The Chicago Department of Public Health stopped short Tuesday of adding Wisconsin to its travel advisory list. There are more than a
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STREATOR – A number of burglaries and stolen vehicle reports were taken by Streator Police on Monday. Two different parked vehicles at locations along Bloomington Street reportedly had their windows broken and items taken from them over the last couple of days. A change machine in a
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OTTAWA – Ten new COVID-19 cases were reported Tuesday afternoon by the LaSalle County Health Department. However, the health department reported no new deaths, which makes a full week of no deaths being reported by the county, the longest stretch of no coronavirus fatalities since early
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health on Tuesday said 20 additional people died from COVID-19 related complications in the past 24 hours. Nearly 2/3 of the deaths came from downstate, a change from earlier in the pandemic in which the vast majority of deaths came from
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PEKIN, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Environmental Agency has removed more than 220 tons of used tires from an abandoned auto salvage site in Tazewell County. Officials said the operation took more than six weeks because of the amount of material dispersed over a 10-acre area. It’s the site of
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