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HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — The state appeals court has affirmed the sentence of a man who broke the wrist of a 5-year-old child in his care at a northwest Indiana day care center. Twenty-four-year-old Mack Arthur Giles III pleaded guilty to neglect of a dependent and was sentenced to three years in

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — The Riverview Ice House in Rockford won’t close after all. Funding has come through to renovate the 45-year-old facility. The Rockford Register Star reports that state Sen. Steve Stadelman of Rockford secured a $2.5 million grant and Rockford’s park district

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Congress has approved a five-year extension of a program designed to deal with long-term environmental injuries to the Great Lakes. The U.S. Senate voted unanimously Sunday to continue the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, as

By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Allen Robinson was the most notable player to leave Jacksonville following its most successful season in nearly two decades. He chose to hit free agency in 2018 instead of re-signing with the team that drafted him 61st overall four

HARVEY, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago police chief says officers captured on a widely shared video arresting a security guard did so after the guard allegedly struck a man who had been handcuffed. Harvey Police Chief Robert Collins says 60-year-old Robert Undraitis of Calumet City was working

CHICAGO (AP) — A liberal arts college in suburban Chicago has laid off 51 faculty and staff members and closed 15 academic programs because of budget concerns exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. The Chicago Tribune reports the Concordia University programs include chemistry, business

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A documentary about a University of Illinois scholar from China who was abducted and killed two years ago is now playing in virtual theaters. The (Champaign-Urbana) News-Gazette reports director Jiayan “Jenny” Shi said she wanted to turn the attention to Yingying

GARY, Ind. (AP) — A cousin of a murder suspect who escaped earlier this month from a security company’s transport van in northwest Indiana has been charged with assisting a criminal after authorities say he tried to collect money for his fugitive relative. Lake County prosecutors allege