HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois doctor convicted of killing his estranged wife and burning her body has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. Brian Burns was sentenced Tuesday by Saline County Circuit Judge Walden Morris, who called the 61-year-old defendant “a danger to
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PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Bradley University in central Illinois is requiring its entire student body to quarantine for two weeks because of a COVID-19 outbreak, and is reverting to remote learning. Officials of the private university said Tuesday they have linked the coronavirus spike to off-campus
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LASALLE- The Illinois Valley Food Pantry received a large donation of not only food, but cash after the Studstill Media Fill the Truck event held at HyVee on Friday. Nearly 2500 lbs of food and over $1000 in cash donations. A check presentation will happen next week with SGKR Injury Attorneys at
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MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — Indiana conservation officers say the body of a 16-year-old girl has been recovered from the Indiana waters of Lake Michigan after she was reported missing while swimming with family. They say the New Haven, Indiana, girl’s body was recovered near the Michigan
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ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois city used nearly 60% of its police overtime budget through July because of protests and coronavirus training and response. Rockford planned for $2.7 million for overtime in 2020 and had spent about $1.6 million by July 31, according to the the Rockford
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MINOOKA – A man from Joliet was killed in a motorcycle crash Monday evening in Grundy County. The two vehicle crash involving the cycle and a van took place around 8 PM in Minooka. Authorities say 34-year-old Larry D. Walker was northbound on McLindon road when he allegedly failed to stop
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DEKALB, Ill. (AP) — Northern Illinois University is reporting it’s first enrollment increase in more than a decade despite the impact of COVID-19 on school operations. NIU officials say fall enrollment rose to 16,769. That is up from last year, making it the first enrollment increase
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court says R&B singer R. Kelly can remain behind bars while he waits to face multiple trials on child pornography and other charges. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan on Tuesday upheld a decision by a
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CHICAGO (AP) — A man has been charged in the stabbing death of a Chicago drug store employee as she stocked shelves over the weekend. Authorities say 32-year-old Olga Marie Calderon, the mother of two, was grabbed around the neck by 18-year-old Sincere Williams early Sunday at a Walgreens store
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PERU – Bones found during a search of a property where a serial killer claimed to have left a body have been determined to not be human. LaSalle County Coroner William Wujek an Tuesday announced that the Illinois State Police and other experts have determined they were not remains of a
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