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URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A federal judge in central Illinois must decide in coming days whether to grant a defense motion to delay the trial of a 28-year-old man accused of killing a University of Illinois scholar from China. The judge in Urbana gave Brendt Christensen’s lawyers until Tuesday

DEKALB – A 48 year-old Dekalb man has been charged with aggravated battery and criminal damage to property after allegedly cutting someone with a sword during a home invasion. According to the Dekalb County Sheriff’s Office, a resident of an apartment in the 1400 block of Twombly Rd

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Three men have been arrested on charges that they used a skimming device in Naperville to record ATM card and PIN numbers to steal more than $25,000. The men were arrested on criminal enterprise charges after Naperville police conducted a four-month investigation. Police

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — A law enforcement official says more than 20 people have been killed in a shooting at a church in a small town outside San Antonio. The official, who was briefed on the investigation, says the gunman fled the church in a vehicle after the shooting and was also

A Rockford Police officer was killed early this morning during a traffic stop. Chief Dan O’Shea said It happen shortly after 1:00 am in the area of State Street and Dawn Avenue. A short time later, the officer, identified as 30-year old Jamie Cox made a brief radio transmission indicating

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Some 150 Illinois Army National Guard Military police soldiers are flying to Puerto Rico to help with security and other efforts in the wake of Hurricane Maria. In a news release, Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office says the governor made the announcement at a press

PERU – A traffic stop in Peru has led to the discovery of 29 pounds of cannabis. 62-year old Stephen C. Gave of Olympia Washington was pulled over Friday night near Route 251 and 38th street by Peru police. He was stopped after allegedly he improperly signaled to change lanes, ran a red

BROOKFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A giraffe that officials of Brookfield Zoo describe as being the matriarch of the zoo’s herd has been euthanized. Mithra at age 27 was one of the oldest giraffes in an accredited North American zoo. Officials say the giraffe was affected by degenerative changes in

CHICAGO (AP) — Data shows thousands of students in Illinois’ public high schools are struggling as the state pushes students to achieve higher scores. The SAT college entrance exam was offered to high school students for free last spring. Illinois Report Card data shows average scores

CHICAGO (AP) — Imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has again asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider tossing his convictions on corruption charges, arguing the nation’s highest court could settle lingering disagreements in lower courts over what constitutes illegal political