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WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A former suburban Chicago probation officer has been sentenced to one year in jail after admitting to inappropriate sexual contact with a woman who was on probation. In a news release, the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office says 34-year-old Christian Nunez

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A group of mostly African-American people celebrating a birthday party at a Buffalo Wild Wings in suburban Chicago allege they were asked to change tables because of their skin color. Justin Vahl says he was at a Naperville restaurant last month with children and adults

UTICA – Police say a body was discovered in the Illinois River  at Starved Rock State Park on Saturday. According to Conservation Police Sergeant Phillip Wire, kayakers reported what they discovered to be a body near Hidden Canyon on the Illinois River early Saturday afternoon. Wire says

  CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago dentist says her office received a phone bill for more than $180,000 for hundreds of international calls she never made. WBBM-TV reports that Dr. Rosa Galvan-Silva first received a bill from AT&T for more than $81,000 that listed more than 100 calls that

  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — When lawmakers crafted the law legalizing marijuana in Illinois, they tried to make sure it would right what many see as past wrongs linked to the drug. In addition to expunging hundreds of thousands of criminal records for marijuana arrests and convictions, the

  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois is receiving federal money to help build infrastructure for alternative-fuel vehicles along Interstate 80. The Illinois Department of Transportation says the grant is part of an effort to create an alternative-fuel corridor that supports electric

UNDATED – In honor of National Bison Day, state parks and the I&M Canal Corridor Association are hosting events this weekend. Starved Rock and Mathiessien State Park are hosting a Bison Crawl this Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at the Starved Rock Visitor Center. Kids will have the

UNDATED – In honor of National Bison Day, state parks and the I&M Canal Corridor Association are hosting events this weekend. Starved Rock and Mathiessien State Park are hosting a Bison Crawl this Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at the Starved Rock Visitor Center. Kids will have the

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A state representative in Illinois charged with bribery in a federal complaint has resigned. Rep. Luis Arroyo (loo-EES’ uh-ROY’-oh) submitted his resignation Friday after 13 years in the House. The Chicago Democrat stepped down just hours before a special