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SPRINGFIELD – A recently introduced bill that would eliminate police presence on school grounds in Illinois is no longer moving forward. House Bill 0029, filled by Representative Anne Stava-Murray (D), provides that law enforcement officers shall not maintain a presence on school grounds

CHICAGO (AP) — A retired suburban Chicago priest charged in the 2019 death of a woman after he allegedly struck her with his car as she walked from a holiday party has died. The Archdiocese of Chicago says 74-year-old Paul Burak died Monday at his Orland Park home. No cause of death has been

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago teachers punished for refusing to show up for the start of in-person classes over COVID-19 concerns have demonstrated outside the home of the school board president. Roughly 150 school employees were initially docked pay and locked out of

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker is sending about 200 members of the Illinois National Guard to Washington, D.C., to help with security at next week’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Pritzker announced Tuesday that the guard members would travel to Washington in

CHICAGO (AP) — An elderly woman is dead and an elderly man is in critical condition after an apparent carbon monoxide leak in an apartment on Chicago’s Northwest Side. Police say officers were called to the apartment shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday. Officers found 75-year-old Sandra Perez

LASALLE – No injuries to report in a house fire that occurred Wednesday night in LaSalle. Mutual aid responded to the 300 block of third street in LaSalle  just before 8 p.m. for a structure fire. According to LaSalle Fire Chief Andy Bacidore, the cause of the fire on the first floor of

      PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department (LCHD) continues to make progress administering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to those eligible Livingston County residents. As of January 13, 2021 the LCHD has received 700 doses of the Moderna vaccine and have administered

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has become the first American president to be impeached twice, facing a strong bipartisan rebuke from the House exactly one week after a violent mob of his supporters invaded the U.S. Capitol. The House voted 232-197 to impeach Trump, with 10

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting is underway in the House on impeaching President Donald Trump over the violent siege at the U.S. Capitol last week by a mob of his supporters. Lawmakers are voting Wednesday on impeaching Trump on a single charge, incitement of insurrection. If it passes, Trump would be