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CHICAGO (AP) — Bond has been denied a man accused of fatally stabbing a Chicago drug store employee as she stocked shelves. Thirty-two-year-old Olga Marie Calderon, the mother of two, was grabbed around the neck by Sincere Williams early Sunday at a Walgreens store and stabbed several times as

CHICAGO (AP) — Two companies that were rejected for Illinois marijuana licenses have filed a lawsuit to delay the state from awarding licenses to the winning applicants. The state announced that only 21 of 700 applicants would proceed to a lottery for 75 licenses. Southshore Restore and

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says he has “no regrets” about how the state responded to protests that broke out in Kenosha following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Blake is Black. He was shot seven times in the back by a white

CHICAGO (AP) — Leaders of the pilots’ union at United Airlines say they have an agreement with the airline to prevent the furlough of nearly 3,000 pilots next month, when a federal ban on job cuts ends. The Air Line Pilots Association said Wednesday that rank-and-file pilots will get to

PONTIAC – The first rabid bat of 2020 in Livingston County was identified this week. The Livingston County Health Department say the bat was found in the 800 block of Reynolds Street in Pontiac. No residents or pets were exposed to the animal. Authorities say bats are the primary carriers

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health has reported the first confirmed human case of West Nile virus in Illinois for this year.  A DuPage County resident in her 40’s became ill in mid-August.  Last year, Illinois saw 28 human cases including one death.  Monitoring for

PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam, and Marshall County Health Departments reported positive cases in all three counties. All 11 are recovering at home with 7 from Bureau County, 2 in Putnam County, and 2 in Marshall County. The health department that serves the counties have seen 562 cases in

OTTAWA – LaSalle and DeKalb Counties both reported additional COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. LaSalle County reported 9 new cases and 18 were announced in DeKalb. LaSalle County also noted that 2 previously reported cases were found to reside outside of the county and have now been