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LASALLE – The LaSalle City Council approved a recommendation for plans for a solar development project Monday night. Council members voted in favor of moving forward with a roof-mounted solar project that will provide electricity to power over six dozen households per year. The solar

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The father of a man accused of killing four people with an assault-style rifle in a Nashville Waffle House says he gave guns back to Travis Reinking that had previously been confiscated when his son told him he was moving away. According to a deposition filed in federal

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A judge has granted a certificate of innocence to a northern Illinois man who spent 23 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Forty-two-year-old John Horton Jr. of Rockford won the certificate Monday from Winnebago County Judge Joseph McGraw. Horton said

ST. CHARLES, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man involved in a traffic crash last May in which a woman and her unborn child were killed has been charged with felony counts of reckless homicide and aggravated reckless driving. In a news release, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s

OGLESBY – A new scholarship opportunity is being offered at Illinois Valley Community College for students who have a love of animals. The Kristyne K. Curley Memorial scholarship was created by her husband, Scott Curley with a $10,000 donation to the Illinois Valley Community College

CHICAGO (AP) — Two Chicago police officers were fatally struck by a train Monday as they investigated a report of gunshots on the city’s far South Side. Eduardo Marmolejo, 37, and Conrad Gary, 31, were pursuing a person who had headed toward train tracks and were hit shortly after 6 p.m.

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has set a Jan. 18 sentencing date for a white former Chicago police officer convicted of murder in the shooting death of black teenager Laquan McDonald. A jury in October found Jason VanDyke guilty of second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery for the 2014

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Lawyers for the man charged with kidnapping and killing a Chinese University of Illinois scholar have argued the case should be heard in state court, where the death penalty isn’t an option. Federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against former graduate

GENEVA, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago nurse who was held hostage and raped by a hospitalized jail inmate will receive $7.2 million in a settlement. Four nurses with Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital sued Kane County over the hostage situation that unfolded in May 2017 when 21-year-old

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Attorneys for the man charged with kidnapping and killing a Chinese University of Illinois scholar say the FBI searched his jail cell when he was in court. Brendt Christensen’s attorneys now want a judge to force the FBI to divulge what they found in Friday’s