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CINCINNATI (AP) — An FBI affidavit says an Ohio man who authorities say falsely claimed to be an Illinois boy missing for eight years has made similar claims twice before. The affidavit filed in federal court Friday says 23-year-old Brian Rini repeatedly told investigators he was Timmothy

OTTAWA – Mobile home tax bills for residents in LaSalle County are due Monday. Payment by check made out to, LaSalle County Collector can be sent or delivered to the county treasurer’s office. The penalty for delinquency if 425 per month beginning the day after the due date.

AURORA – An Aurora man was arrested after witnesses allegedly saw him digging up a grave in the West Aurora Cemetery. According to the Aurora Police Department, they were called to the West Aurora Cemetery after workers reported seeing a man digging up an old grave in the cemetery located

SPRINGFIELD – A bill circulating in the General Assembly would set limits to the number of patients nurses can see. Some of the requirements of The Safe Patient Limit Act are that patient assignment to those in intensive care is two per nurse, one per nurse for triage patients and three per

OTTAWA – April is Sexually Transmitted Disease Awareness Month. According to the Center for Disease Control, 2.3 million new cases of nationally notifiable STDs chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis were reported by Americans in 2017. It was yet another record-breaking year for STDs in the

GRAYSLAKE, Ill. (AP) — The funeral is today for an Illinois State Police trooper who was killed when a wrong-way driver struck his squad car. State police say the funeral for 36-year-old Trooper Gerald Ellis will be Friday morning at the College of Lake County’s James Lumber Center for

CHICAGO (AP) — A group of suburban Chicago police chiefs said Thursday that they have no confidence in Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and called on her to resign. Some 30 police chiefs attended a news conference with Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President Kevin Graham to

CINCINNATI (AP) — A day of false hope has given way to questions about why a man would claim to be an Illinois boy who disappeared eight years ago. The FBI declared the man’s story a hoax Thursday one day after he identified himself to authorities as Timmothy Pitzen, who disappeared in

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a law expanding a college scholarship program which in part is designed to keep Illinois students in the state. The Democrat visited Springfield Southeast High School on Thursday. The law allows universities to keep unused AIM HIGH

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — Eight years after an Illinois boy disappeared, his family began to think that their nightmare might be over at last. A young man found wandering the streets of a Kentucky town claimed he had just escaped from two men in the Cincinnati area who held him captive for seven