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CHICAGO (AP) — Imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich writes in a column that fellow Democrats in the U.S. House who impeached President Donald Trump would have done the same if Abraham Lincoln were in office. Blagojevich is serving a 14-year federal sentence for corruption. He

AURORA – An Aurora man has been arrested after he allegedly fired a gun to celebrate the new year holiday, striking a sleeping man blocks away. The Aurora Police Department say that 48-year-old Miguel Reyes admitted to detectives that he fired multiple rounds from a handgun at midnight.

SYCAMORE – The Dekalb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an alleged burglary where the suspect claimed he worked for Com Ed. According to authorities, on Thursday afternoon, a male, possibly in his 50’s, who claimed to work for ComEd, told an elderly woman he needed to

AURORA – An alleged Aurora gang member faces up to 16 years in prison for shooting at police. According to the Kane County States Attorney’s Office, on Thursday 24-year-old Jorge L. Guzman agreed to a sentence of 16 years’ imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections in

UNDATED – The National Institute of Food and Agriculture says 70% of U.S. farmland is likely to change hands during the next two decades, but many family operations do not have a next generation skilled-in or willing to continue farming. LaSalle County, Farm Bureau President David

CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois’ first day of legal recreational marijuana generated over $3 million in sales. State officials announced Thursday that there were over 77,000 transactions on Jan. 1, the first day of legal sales. Crowds began forming early in the morning. State officials say

CHICAGO (AP) —Chicago police say two toddlers are dead after a woman stabbed her father, left one of the children in a bathtub and then jumped from an 11th-floor apartment with the other child. Police say the woman was found on the ground early Thursday with her 1-year-old son as her father

OTTAWA — With legal sales of marijuana underway in the state on New Year’s Day, a question remained on how the impact of the recreational drug use will be felt on those requiring federal licensing, like gun owners.  The Illinois State Police issued a statement that they will not revoke a

CHANNAHON TOWNSHIP, Ill. (AP) — A former employee at a Chicago-area vegetable oil producing company faces theft and forgery charges in the suspected theft of more than $597,000 through an expense reporting scheme. The Will County sheriff’s office says Jennifer C. Ramos was arrested Monday. It

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration is investigating a case of Legionnaires’ diseases at the veterans’ home in Quincy, the site of 13 deaths from the malady starting with a 2015 outbreak. The Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs and the Illinois