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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson announced Thursday that he’s retiring after more than three years as the city’s top cop, a post he took over during one of the most violent chapters in the city’s history and amid public outcry over the release of a

OTTAWA – A man was reportedly found dead after a vehicle went into the Illinois River at Allen Park in Ottawa on Thursday afternoon. According to Ottawa Fire Captain Wayne Christensen, the person whose identity has yet to be released was found in the vehicle after a witness reported seeing

OTTAWA – Pebbles the bison welcomed her new roommate to Buffalo Rock State Park on Thursday. Site Superintendent for I & M Canals State Trail Daniel Bell and technicians introduced the 2-year-old female to 14-year-old Pebbles, Thursday morning. Bell says there is no name for the nearly

SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Sue Rezin is helping to combat youth vaping. In light of the recent health issues related to electronic cigarettes, Senator Rezin filed legislation aimed at reducing underage individuals’ access to vapor products. The bill prohibits the sale of tobacco

GRANVILLE – A Granville man died of a heart attack while hunting. According to the Putnam County Death Investigator Bob Cofoid, a 29-year-old man from rural Granville was setting up to duck hunt with other hunters when he suffered the alleged heart attack and died at the scene. The Putnam

STREATOR – State Representative Lance Yednock is working towards making the Marilla Park Pond trench-out a reality. The representative for the 76th District says he agreed to help Streator out before he went into office and although he’s been busy since then, he’s wrangled up

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Southern Illinois authorities say a man was seriously injured when he spent a night trapped in a tree he’d scaled to escape an attacking dog. The Belleville Fire Department says a woman heard the 38-year-old man calling for help Wednesday morning and found him

OAK PARK, Ill. (AP) — A jury awarded $101 million to the mother of a severely brain-damaged boy who sued a Chicago-area hospital for medical malpractice, but an agreement between the parties cut the amount to $50 million, a lawyer said Tuesday. Attorneys told a Cook County jury that medical

CHICAGO (AP) — The pastor of a Chicago church has resigned after revealing he sexually abused an underage female relative when he was a teenager. The Chicago Tribune reports The Rev. Charles W. Lyons left his post at Armitage Baptist Church after 45 years leading the congregation. The

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The president of Buffalo Wild Wings met with officials of a Chicago suburb where customers of a restaurant were asked to move to different tables because a patron didn’t want to be seated near black people. Company president Lyle Tick met Tuesday with Naperville