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CHICAGO (AP) — A federal plan to shield the Great Lakes from invasive carp by strengthening defenses at a crucial Illinois choke point is gaining support. The city of Chicago has joined the Great Lakes Basin Partnership to Block Asian Carp, an initiative established this year. Other members

MENDOTA – An investigation into the car theft that occurred on Tuesday is ongoing as Peoria authorities announced that the vehicle had sustained gunfire damage.   Mendota Police were notified early on Tuesday that a vehicle was stolen from a business near the I-39 interchange.   The

BLOOMINGTON – In the latest yearly survey of prices for farmland across the state, little to no change has occurred. That’s according to the 2018 Illinois Farmland Values and Lease Trends Report released last week. Northern Illinois ground values were down 1-2 percent to around

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Department of Public Health is issuing a warning about synthetic cannabinoids after six people who used them suffered severe bleeding. The substance is also referred to as “fake weed,” ”K2,” and “spice.” Dr. Nirav Shah is

CHICAGO (AP) — The House Judiciary-Criminal Law Committee heard from victims of gun violence during a hearing on Tuesday. Mille Burgos sobbed as she shared the story of her 18-year-old daughter, Alexandria Burgos, who she lost to gun violence in 2014. The teenager was killed by a stray bullet

BERWYN, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say 15 people were hospitalized after a substance spill at a Berwyn medical clinic. Firefighters were called Tuesday to JenCare Senior Medical Center after phenol — a chemical substance used in certain medical treatments and to kill bacteria — spilled in an

LASALLE – A California woman is in jail after a traffic stop that led to the discovery of over 50 pounds of marijuana on Interstate 80 near LaSalle. According to the Illinois State Police, on Sunday evening troopers stopped a vehicle driven by 55-year-old Alicia De La Nuez of Los Angeles

CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities have charged a suburban Chicago father for allegedly writing on Facebook that his brother could go to an elementary school with an AR-15 rifle to send a message his son shouldn’t be bullied. Paul R. Chapman, of Lyons, appeared in Cook County bond court Saturday

CHICAGO (AP) — A former White Sox groundskeeper will return to his old job after spending more than 20 years in prison on a wrongful conviction. DNA evidence last year led prosecutors to vacate 49-year-old Nevest Coleman’s conviction in a 1994 rape and murder. He was released from prison

State Police say that the Whiteside County State’s Attorney has their investigative report on the Rock Falls Police shooting of a Sterling man after an attempted traffic stop.  State Police say the report contains dash cam videos, witness statements, officer statements, autopsy, toxicology