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By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — R&B superstar R. Kelly faces the possibility of decades in prison after being convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking in federal court in New York City. A jury found him guilty Monday after a trial in which several

CHICAGO (AP) — A former Northwestern University professor is set to stand trial in the stabbing death of his boyfriend as part of what prosecutors said was a sexual fantasy he shared with another man who was charged in the case. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that jury selection, opening

    UNDATED – There’s been an uptick in county unemployment rates for the month of August according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security. LaSalle County once at a 5.8% rate last month has increased in unemployment now at 6.3%. Bureau and Putnam County rates

  PERU – LaSalle-Peru Township High School put out a statement over the weekend regarding fan behavior at athletic events. In a letter to the community by Superintendent Dr. Steven R. Wrobleski, he expressed his disappointment in the actions that he witnessed on Friday at the football

By AMY BETH HANSON, MARTHA BELLISLE and ANITA SNOW Associated Press JOPLIN, Mont. (AP) — Federal officials sent a team of investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board to the site of an Amtrak derailment in north-central Montana that killed three people and left seven hospitalized

EAST MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — Inmates at East Moline Correctional Center have begun a Bachelor of Arts program through Augustana College.State officials say 10 students began study late in the summer. They are taking courses from professors who lecture on the same subjects on Augustana’s Rock

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As political muscle goes, big doesn’t automatically translate to power. That’s the case every four years when the some of the country’ biggest cities, including New York and Chicago, become mostly irrelevant on the