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ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — The National Weather Service says parts of north central and northeastern Illinois could receive more than 6 inches of snow on Sunday. The weather service has posted a winter storm watch in effect from Sunday morning through Sunday evening Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Ogle,

CHICAGO (AP) — A new state report says video gambling has seen significant growth in Illinois, with revenues increasing by more than 75 percent in the last three years. The state’s Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability found video gambling racked up a net income of $1.4

OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College hosts its 11th annual Holiday Art and Craft Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28 in the Peter Miller Community Technology Center. Fair coordinator Lorri Foockle said, “We have quite an array of items for holiday shopping with over 30

PRINCETON, IL—Heartland Bank and Trust Company recently donated over $5,700 to area schools through the Score With Heartland Bank program in support of local high school athletics. Through the program, Heartland Bank donated $25 for each touchdown participating schools made at a varsity home

WYANET – A man died after being struck by an Amtrak train in Wyanet on Thanksgiving Day. . According to Bureau County Sheriffs, 25-year-old Andrew Frese of Buda was operating a tractor was heading southbound when he was struck by a westbound Amtrak passenger train. According to initial

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The company that owns a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake in the summer, killing 17 people, has settled the first of several lawsuits filed in the accident. William Bright, 65, and his 63-year-old wife, Janice, of Higginsville, Missouri, were among those killed in

WYANET – An Amtrak train and a tractor collided southwest of Wyanet Thanksgiving morning.    Emergency crews were called around 10 a.m. to a field about a mile and a half from town after a tractor with an Anhydrous bar implement was crossing the tracks at a private crossing  about 1/4

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources reports that the numbers are up for deer harvested during the first weekend of firearm season.    The weekend, which was November 16th through the 18th, saw 58,836 taken, up around 7,000 deer from 2017.  Illinois’ seven-day

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois State Fire Marshal Matt Perez says Thanksgiving Day produces the highest rate of cooking fires each year. Perez says cooking equipment is involved in almost half of all reported home fires and is among the leading causes of home-fire deaths. The fire marshal

ELGIN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois State Police will step up patrols by troopers as they seek to ensure compliance with seat belt and other laws during the busy Thanksgiving travel period. The Click It or Ticket campaign will include seat-belt enforcement zones around the state. A Tuesday statement