SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Public health officials say deaths in Illinois from the coronavirus illness have topped 15,000. The state passed the grim milestone Friday with the addition of 181 fatalities, the same as the day before, and the sixth-highest total since the pandemic struck Illinois in
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CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois’ largest county is recognizing Juneteenth as an official holiday and a paid day off for county workers. Juneteenth will be one of 14 government holidays granted to all Cook County employees next year. Juneteenth marks the June day in 1865 that Union soldiers told
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ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A new prosecutor in Winnebago County dismissed a first-degree murder charge against a man who was arrested 13 months ago. State’s Attorney J. Hanley says records show Shawnqiz Lee was working at the time of the shooting. Lee was charged last year with killing Julian
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URBANA, Ill. (AP) — The University of Illinois is putting a plan into action to establish new traditions since it retired its long-controversial Chief Illiniwek symbol 13 years ago. According to The (Champaign-Urbana) News-Gazette, the implementation plan released last week was developed from
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SPRINGFIELD – Bureau and Marshall County both reported additional coronavirus cases on Friday, the health department confirmed. 27 new cases were confirmed in Bureau County with 9 more in Marshall County. Since the pandemic began, the Bureau, Putnam, and Marshall County Health Department
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MENDOTA – A family dinner at Christmas is a tradition that some may not be able to afford due to the ongoing pandemic. The First Presbyterian Church in Mendota will be giving away 70 complete family meal kits this evening from 6 PM – 8 PM in their parking lot. Pastor Susan Presley
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By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Videos released by Chicago police depict disturbing scenes of officers wrongfully raiding the home of a Black woman who was not allowed to put on clothes before being handcuffed. Police released videos Thursday of the 2019 incident where social
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A whistleblower says a cash-strapped Kansas foster care contractor spent $80,000 on tickets to see the Chicago Cubs, a club owned by the Nebraska governor’s family, as it sought new business in that state. St. Francis Ministries bought the tickets in 2019. That same
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CHICAGO (AP) — A 15-year-old has made an initial court appearance on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of a retired Chicago Fire Department lieutenant on the city’s South Side earlier this month. Authorities say 65-year-old Dwain P. Williams was gunned down after he was confronted by
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say a 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder in connection with a February shooting at a crowded Chicago convenience store that killed a young nursing student and wounded four other people. Officials said Wednesday the boy, who is charged as a juvenile, faces
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