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  STREATOR – Polling places open tomorrow from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the 2019 Spring Primary Election. Voters in Streator will decide whether to keep Jimmie Lansford as their mayor, or give the opportunity to Siobhan Elias or current councilmen Joe Scarbeary. Council members Tara Bedei

WARREN, Ill. (AP) — Funeral services are set for an Illinois State Police trooper who was struck and killed by a truck last week during a traffic stop. A visitation for Trooper Brooke Jones-Story will be held Tuesday at Warren High School in the northwestern Illinois community of Warren.

PITTSFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say DNA analysis has confirmed that human remains found last year along the Mississippi River are those of a western Illinois man who went missing after a boat sank in 2017. The Pike County Sheriff’s Department received confirmation Friday that the

CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson and other clergy are planning a rally in support of Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, who’s faced criticism since her office dropped charges against actor Jussie Smollett . Jackson’s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition says the civil rights leader

CHICAGO (AP) — Two Chicago firefighters were injured Sunday evening when they fell through a hole on the third floor of an apartment building and plunged two stories, fire officials said. “It was just a routine fire for them,” The Chicago Tribune quoted First Deputy Fire

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois grants of more than $700,000 will be available over three years to specialty-crop growers to encourage fresh, locally grown produce. The Illinois Department of Agriculture announced the program Wednesday. The money is allocated in the federal Farm Bill’s

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois sheriff is suing the county board and top county officials, saying they’ve cut his office’s budget so much that the safety and well-being of residents is at risk. Winnebago County Sheriff Gary Caruana filed a lawsuit Friday against the

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Public Schools is giving $32 million to 32 of its schools to further develop academic programs impacting some 17,000 students. The payouts over six years will be used to expand programs in science, technology, engineering, math, fine arts and language, as well as to boost

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Southern Illinois University is slowing its search for a new president while leaders work on a new mission, vision and strategic priorities for the two-university system. Interim President Kevin Dorsey replaced ousted SIU President Randy Dunn last summer . The original