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CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois attorney general has joined 20 of his counterparts around the country in asking that the U.S. Department of Education reverse limitations on routine disclosures of student loan information to state law enforcement. Kwame Raoul says the restrictions interfere with

GARY, Ind. (AP) — Attorneys say they believe a plea deal is possible for a woman facing neglect charges after her two young children died in a northwestern Indiana fire last year. On Monday 34-year-old Kristen Gober appeared in a Lake County court. Her public defender and prosecutors asked the

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Officials in a Winnebago county say overdose deaths are on the rise, and the largest group of victims is people in their 50s. The numbers have prompted discussions among public health, nonprofit and hospital leaders about how to better battle drug addiction. Last year 159

CINCINNATI (AP) — A 23-year-old man faces a U.S. magistrate Tuesday on a charge that he lied to federal agents about being a missing child from Illinois.  Authorities on Friday charged Brian Michael Rini of Medina, Ohio, a day after DNA testing ruled him out as being Timmothy Pitzen, who

SPRING VALLEY – Spring Valley’s city council voted in favor of purchasing the old Spring Valley Hotel property. On Monday evening, an ordinance was passed authorizing the purchase of real estate located at 226-228 East St. Paul Street. The city agreed to pay Bureau County nearly $1300

LASALLE – Nathan Watson and Peter Limberger,  general manager of real estate development and co-founder of CL Enterprises, spoke to LaSalle City Council Monday night regarding plans for the redevelopment of the Maytag building. Watson explained that renovated two story building will host

UTICA – IDOT has already presented preliminary plans as to how the finalized reconfiguration of the US Route 6 and Illinois Route 178 signaled intersection will look, but what impact will it have on the long lines of families visiting Starved Rock each summer? Using our Studstill Media News

The 2019 Illinois Spring Trout Fishing Season opened this weekend at 59 lakes and ponds throughout the state. Local trout fishing is located at the Illinois and Michigan Canal lock 14, Lake Mendota and the Hennepin Canal Parkway. Fishing licenses and Inland Trout Stamps for those interested in

PONTIAC – Two men are in custody after the Pontiac Narcotics Team seized what authorities say was drugs after a search warrant  Friday. According to the Pontiac Police Department around 6:30 pm a warrant executed by the Narcotics Unit in the 900 block of W. Madison Street that resulted in