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CHICAGO (AP) — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago has paid $80 million to 160 victims of sexual abuse by clergy represented by a single law firm since 2001, the lawyer who heads the Minnesota-based firm told reporters Tuesday. According to a statement issued later by the archdiocese, it

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge in R. Kelly’s Illinois sexual assault case has refused to give $100,000 in bail money back to a Kelly friend who paid it in February to secure the singer’s release from county jail. The judge says papers that restauranteur Valencia Love signed clearly

TROY GROVE – The Troy Grove Fire Department unveiled the newest engine to their fleet last week, a 2019 Pierce truck with a 1,000 gallon tank.  It also features a foam system and a six man cab.

UPDATE – The remains have been recovered       MENDOTA- A Mendota man is pleading to whomever took a package off his porch near 5th Street and 5th Avenue in Mendota  to return it at once.   Phillip Forst said on Tuesday that a package said to contain his brother’s remains

MENDOTA – For the second year in a row, the Mendota Police Department was awarded the Bicycle Pedestrian Safety Award. At Monday night’s city council meeting Chief Greg Kellen announced that the police department was honored with an award from the Illinois Chief Association and the

STREATOR – Streator Unlimited received a grant to perform outreach and support to those with epilepsy. Service Director Stephanie Harcharik says the $179,000 grant will go towards the new Northwest Illinois Epilepsy Support Program meetings, outreach and assessment plans for families

  OTTAWA – Mental health among the agriculture industry is a rising concern. As part of the Illinois Department of Agriculture’s, National Farm Safety and Health week, Tuesday is being recognized at Farmer Health & Suicide Prevention. Living in rural Illinois, its important

  CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials have suspended the law license of a suburban Chicago man charged in the beating death of his 5-year-old son. The state’s Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission disclosed Monday the license of 60-year-old Andrew Freund of

  CHICAGO (AP) — A prosecutor in the trial of two men charged in the 2015 slaying of a 9-year-old Chicago boy noted the victim brought a basketball to a park while his alleged killers “brought guns.” Dwright Boone-Doty and Corey Morgan are charged with first-degree murder in