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DIXON – A Dixon man is charged with attempting to hire an individual to carry out the murders of two people. According to the Lee County Courthouse, 49-year-old Matthew Milby Sr. is charged with two counts of solicitation of murder for hire, both class X felonies. Authorities say, after

CHICAGO (AP) — An 80-year-old man is set to be released this week from an Illinois prison, nearly six decades after he was sentenced to life in prison for the killing of one of three suburban Chicago women whose brutalized bodies were found in a state park. Chester Weger was granted parole in

OGLESBY – La Salle-Peru High School, Seneca High School and St. Bede Academy each won their respective team divisions at the Feb. 7 Illinois Valley Community College Regional Academic Challenge sponsored by Eastern Illinois University. LP won Division 1500 (enrollments of 701-1500) followed

CHICAGO (AP) — Public health officials say a Chicago woman and her husband have been released from home isolation after recovering from the new virus from China. The couple was released from a suburban Chicago hospital on Feb. 7 and remained in home isolation until Friday. Dr. Allison Arwady is

CHICAGO (AP) — A former University of Wisconsin football player has surrendered to Chicago police in connection with the deaths of two people who were found with gunshot wounds on a road in Janesville, Wisconsin. Police in Janesville say Marcus Randle El turned himself in Saturday afternoon and

PEKIN, Ill. (AP) — A mortgage document presented to Abraham Lincoln in 1844 in Tazewell County will be on display Wednesday in Pekin for the late president’s 211th birthday. Historians will present historical background about the document later that evening. The Pekin Daily Times reports

DWIGHT – A Kankakee County boy was killed in a single-vehicle accident near Dwight Thursday evening. According to the Livingston County Coroner’s Office, 9-year-old Nathan R. Gast of Reddick was a passenger in a vehicle on Route 17 West of Dwight, when the driver lost control on the

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Officials say two professors at Illinois State University have received $1.23 million in federal grant money to help students who work with infants and toddlers who are blind or deaf.  The money will go toward a training program integrating special education and speech

DALZELL- A new engine was added to the fleet of the Dalzell Fire Department thanks to the generous donation from a department in McLean County.   On Friday Dalzell Fire Chief Rich Croissant and Engineer Jeff McCloskey traveled to Hudson to pick up the new truck.  The Hudson Fire Department

  MORRIS – Two people are dead and others injured after a house fire in Minooka Friday morning. According to the Grundy County Coroner John Callahan, 57-year-old Susan M. Weber died as a result of a house fire in Minooka shortly before 2 a.m. The Will County Coroner’s Office