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MILWAUKEE (AP) — More than 100 police police agencies are withdrawing from agreements to send personnel to help bolster security at the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee next month. Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales tells WTMJ-TV that the police agancies are concerned with a new

MARSEILLES- The Marseilles Police Department and the LaSalle County Animal Control Department came to the rescue of a dog that had fallen into a ravine Tuesday morning.   There was no word on the condition of the pet after the rescue.

STREATOR – A Pontiac man is dead after a single vehicle crash in Streator on Sunday.   According to Streator Police, around 12:30 AM 36-year-old David Prokopec was traveling in the 300 Block of South Bloomington Street when for unknown reasons his truck left the roadway and struck a

DEKALB – The Dekalb County Health Department report an additional death on Tuesday due to Coronavirus.  Health officials say a resident in their 80’s has passed away and they also report 7 new cases.  In LaSalle County, officials on Tuesday say 9 people have been diagnosed with the

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed 1,076 new cases of COVID-19, along with 30 additional deaths. Since the start of the pandemic, the IDPH has reported a total of 173,731 cases, with 7,446 deaths. Illinois’s daily case count has stayed around 1,000 since

By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Police are reporting a drop in homicides and shooting incidents after the department rolled out two units designed to combat gun violence and ensure protests remain peaceful. Superintendent David Brown said during a news conference Monday

WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A candidate for the DuPage County board in northern Illinois has withdrawn from the race after being criticized for a tweet in which she said she laughed while watching a video of a police officer getting hit in the face by a projectile during a protest. Democrat Hadiya

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) — On the sixth straight day that Illinois officials reported more than 1,000 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday again urged residents to wear face coverings to slow the spread of the highly contagious virus.State public health officials

CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say the U.S. Coast Guard has rescued four teenagers about seven miles offshore of Chicago’s Lake Michigan coastline after they went missing while kayaking. The Coast Guard searched the lake for hours Sunday night before the three 19-year-olds and a 13-year-old