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DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — A 5-year-old central Illinois kindergartener needed the help of a good Samaritan to get home Monday after she was left in blowing snow at the wrong bus stop. Decatur Public Schools officials said Tuesday they are investigating why Alltown Bus Service left the girl two

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot crisscrossed the state Capitol Tuesday looking for help from lawmakers to make a casino feasible and shore up the city’s budget, but she reported little progress. The Legislature approved a land-based casino for Chicago last spring in

CHICAGO (AP) — Attorneys of a Chicago man who went to prison for a 1991 killing and Cook County prosecutors agreed on tossing the man’s conviction because of misconduct by a police detective. However, prosecutors on Tuesday said they are unwilling to drop murder charges against Demetrius

DEPUE – Multiple departments responded to the call for a fire in DePue on Tuesday night in the bone chilling cold. Around 6:15 PM responders were called to the 1100 block of Rosehill Road, where they found an engine repair pole building fully involved. Spring Valley, DePue, Ladd, Peru,

STREATOR – Streator’s city council and department heads discussed 2020 budgets at Tuesday’s committee of the whole meeting. Department heads had the opportunity to propose increases of funding to certain areas of their budget like for vehicles and equipment for both the police

STREATOR – Streator’s Plan Comissioner is recommending a special use permit for a resident to operate a crematory on North Bloomington Street. After a fire destroyed Shultz crematory business on Shabbona Street, owners moved into the Flink building and are looking to purchase property on

MARSEILLES – Fire departments responded to an incident involving a diver at the power plant near Marseilles on Tuesday. The Marseilles and Seneca Fire Departments were called to the LaSalle County Generating Station for a report of lost communications with a diver for 20 minutes around 3

  OGLESBY – The Oglesby Planning Commission is continuing to involve the public in reviewing the 2019 Comprehensive Plan. There will be a public follow up meeting to receive input on the goals of the plan on Wednesday at city hall at 6:30 p.m. Drafts of the Goals and Implementation

  CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois cities are experiencing record-breaking cold. The National Weather Service in Chicago says record low temperatures were set Tuesday morning at both Chicago and Rockford. It says Chicago had a low of 7 degrees (-13.89 Celsius), which breaks the previous record of 8

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A priest who served at several southern Illinois parishes has pleaded guilty to the distribution of child pornography and the possession of methamphetamine. The Rev. Gerald Hechenberger faces up to 26 years in prison after pleading guilty last week to three counts of