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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury has convicted the leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group of civil rights and hate crime charges in the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque. The jury in Minneapolis deliberated less than a day before finding 49-year-old Michael Hari guilty on five counts

LASALLE – The eastbound lanes of I-80 in LaSalle County will be closed beginning Thursday night until Friday morning. The Illinois Department of Transportation said that the bridge replacement and repair project over the Little Vermillion River will require the shut down from 7 PM until 5

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois public health officials on Wednesday reported 179 deaths related to COVID-19.That’s the fourth-highest single-day fatality total since the coronavirus entered Illinois in February. The largest total was 238 on Dec. 2.Officials are still expecting darker

PONTIAC – Thirty-five more residents of Livingston County have tested positive for COVID-19 and six more have died to complications from the disease. A man in his 40’s, plus two men in their 80’s, a man and two women in their 90’s were the latest added to the total of 44

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — The Winnebago County coroner has purchased a refrigerated trailer in the event deaths related to COVID-19 overwhelms his office’s capacity to store bodies.  Coroner Bill Hintz says the purchase of the $30,000 trailer was made as space in the county’s morgue

OTTAWA – The Christmas 4 Kids of LaSalle County organization, who yearly assists children in need to make sure they have a wonderful holiday season, announced Tuesday that they have helped more children than ever before. In a social media post they announced that although they were unable