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OTTAWA – The area jobless numbers are in and they are down over a percent from a year ago. With over 55,000 new jobs added statewide according to numbers provided by the Illinois Department of Employment Security, area unemployment also decreased. Unemployment in Bureau, LaSalle and Putnam

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — State health officials say a person who started bleeding severely after using synthetic marijuana has died. In a news release, the Illinois Department of Public Health would not reveal the identity of the person or any details about the person’s death. The health

MORRIS – A Grundy County man has died after his truck went off the roadway and went into a lake. According to the Grundy County Coroner’s Office, the incident was discovered Sunday afternoon along Jugtown Road north of Coal City. Authorities are not exactly sure when the accident took

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Stymied by state regulators, a renewable energy company seeking to build one of the nation’s longest power lines across a large swath of the Midwest has turned to a prominent politician in an attempt to revive its $2.3 billion project. Former Missouri Gov. Jay

CHICAGO (AP) — Members of the Chicago City Council have approved a major slice of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s $8.5 billion proposal to overhaul O’Hare International Airport Alderman voted Wednesday to let the mayor borrow up to $4 billion for the plan and approved new lease and use

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Department of Corrections is being sued by a finance company for missing an annual payment on four prisoner transport buses. The lawsuit filed Thursday by Wells Fargo Equipment Finance Inc. says the state agency has neither made the payment that was due

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois will spend nearly $200 million over the next five years to help local communities and railroads make railroad crossings safer. The Illinois Commerce Commission on Monday released a five-year plan that provides money for safety improvements at more than 700

CHICAGO (AP) — A former attorney for convicted murderer Drew Peterson has been sanctioned by a federal judge for engaging in “unprofessional” and “contemptuous” behavior. U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall on Wednesday sanctioned Joel Brodsky for courtroom behavior

ST. CHARLES, Ill. (AP) — A 26-year-old man from suburban Chicago has been sentenced to 13 years in Illinois prison for an accident that killed a 9-year-old girl as she returned to her Aurora home from a play rehearsal. Kane County prosecutors say Anthony S. Potochney of Aurora was sentenced

MENDOTA – A Peoria man in is custody after an investigation into a car theft in Mendota earlier this week. On March 27th, Mendota police responded to a call of a vehicle being stolen near the I-39 interchange at a business. Later that same day, the vehicle was recovered in Peoria with gunfire