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NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Buffalo Wild Wings says multiple employees have been fired at one of its suburban Chicago restaurants after a group of mostly African American customers said they were asked to move to another table because of their skin color. The Naperville Sun reports Buffalo Wild

  CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has ordered that a 15-year-old boy suspected of shooting a 7-year-old Chicago trick-or-treater should remain in custody. The Chicago Tribune reports that Judge Patricia Mendoza issued her ruling at a hearing Monday during which prosecutors said they are seeking

LASALLE – An apartment building that caught fire Sunday morning reignited late Sunday night, calling firefighters out a second time to the building in the 700 block of Third Street in LaSalle. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

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