CHICAGO (AP) — Fraud charges have been filed against an accountant and two executives of a suburban Chicago auto loan company for misappropriating more than $5 million in company funds. James Collins, CEO of Evanston-based Honor Finance LLC, the company’s chief operating officer, Robert
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Though neighbors, some elected officials in Missouri and Illinois are at odds as Congress considers another coronavirus aid package. Democratic Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said Friday that the state has $6.5 billion of unpaid bills unrelated to the coronavirus
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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois nurse is expressing regret for not taking better precautions while visiting her sister’s Wisconsin bar. Katie Koutsky, a nurse with Advocate Aurora Health system, says she was helping her sister reopen her suburban Milwaukee bar Wednesday
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STREATOR – Streator City Council discussed solutions to persistent speeding on Old Orchard Lane after several residents voiced their concern. Streator resident Mindy Stevens spoke to the council at their Thursday meeting and said that she has seen several motorists not respecting the speed
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Friday announced 2,432 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 130 additional deaths. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have ran over 26,000 tests. The statewide 7-day rolling positivity rate (positive tests) is 16%.
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OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department today reported three additional COVID-19 related deaths in LaSalle County. The individuals, two females in their 60’s, and a female in her 80’s, had earlier tested positive for COVID-19. “It is with deep sorrow that we announce the
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DIXON – A man from DeKalb County has died after a two vehicle crash in Lee County. The Illinois State Police say Thursday afternoon around 1:30 PM 41-year-old Cecilio Flores of Shabbona was traveling west on US Route 30 near US Route 251 when for unknown reasons his SUV crossed into the
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PRINCETON- The Bureau, Putnam and Marshall County Health Departments are reporting that the first resident of Putnam County has tested positive for coronavirus disease. The infected is a woman in her late teens who is recovering in isolation at home.
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STREATOR – Streator City Manager David Plyman spoke regarding how the city will be enforcing Governor J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 guidelines at Thursday’s city council meeting. Plyman said that the municipal operations of the city will continue to follow the governor’s orders. He also
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WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a suburban Chicago construction worker allegedly filmed and photographed three young women while they showered. DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin says 45-year-old Jose Gaspar was charged Wednesday with unauthorized videotaping. Berlin says
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