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INGLESIDE, Ill. (AP) — Two young girls were found dead after a suburban Chicago house fire that also badly injured four adults. A fire official says heavy flames were pouring from the house and through its roof by the time firefighters arrived at the scene in the Lake County community of

DES PLAINES, Ill. (AP) — A suspect in the 1999 stabbing death of a flight attendant in suburban Chicago has been returned to the U.S. from Mexico to face charges. Authorities announced Thursday 46-year-old Luis Rodriguez-Mena was arrested in Mexico and turned over to the Des Plaines Police

OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department was notified of 6 additional COVID-19 related deaths, individuals in their 50’s, 80’s, and 90’s. There have now been a total of 173 COVID-19 related deaths since the start of the pandemic. In addition to the 6 deaths, the LCHD reported

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health reported the fourth highest daily coronavirus related death count since the start of the pandemic. 190 deaths were reported throughout the state along with 9,420 new confirmed and probable cases. Of those deaths included individuals in

WASHINGTON – Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth is asking the State Department to continue to try to negotiate the return of a Lombard, Illinois man who was believed to have been taken by Taliban-linked militants in Afghanistan in January. The Senator wrote Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois man accused of murder who was mistakenly released from prison last month is back in custody. Champaign County Sheriff Dustin Heuerman says Darrion White was arrested Thursday in the Chicago suburb of Glenwood by the U.S. Marshals Service. The 20-year-old

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — As Illinois prepares to receive the first doses of vaccine to combat the coronavirus pandemic, state officials are urging residents to take the shots when they become available. The Pfizer vaccine entered its final stages of