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OTTAWA – Defense attorneys in the trial of a man accused of drowning his wife have called a second forensic pathologist to the stand to testify. 52-year-old Kenneth Cusick is accused of drowning his wife Tracy in a toilet in 2016. In 2017 Dr. Shaku Teas was asked to make an extensive

DETROIT (AP) – Unionized workers at Fiat Chrysler have voted overwhelmingly to approve a new four-year contract with the company. The ratification means the United Auto Workers union has settled with all three Detroit automakers.  The union said Wednesday that about 71% of Fiat Chrysler

FREEPORT IL (AP) – Authorities have charged a northwestern Illinois father and his girlfriend in connection with the fatal beating of his 9-year-old son. Robert Davidson and Antoinette Fane were arrested Tuesday and jailed. Davidson has been charged with murder and other counts, and Fane is

CHICAGO (AP) – Legal experts are warning non-citizen immigrants to exercise caution before Illinois legalizes recreational marijuana in a few weeks.  Several groups, including the American Immigration Lawyers Association, say while it’ll be legal in Illinois in January, it’s

OTTAWA – Cross examination of a forensic pathologist concluded the day in the trial of a former Ottawa fireman accused of murder. 52-year-old Kenneth Cusick is accused of drowning his wife Tracy in a toilet in 2006.Dr. Christopher Milroy, who reviewed both of Tracy’s autopsy reports,

  EARLVILLE- A dog was rescued after finding himself in a pond Wednesday afternoon.   Hope Shannon had heard her dog Rizzo yelping, and discovered he had gotten himself trapped in a nearby pond.   The Earlville Fire Department was able to enter the water and rescue him in under 15 minutes.

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Ivan Tharp was back on familiar territory at Peoria’s OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois. But instead of arriving as a patient — which he’s been several times over the years — the East Peoria teen was there on official business, with a

CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago’s interim police superintendent is discontinuing a merit promotion system that rank-and-file officers have long complained rewards cops who know influential people at the expense of those who have the skills to do the job. Charlie Beck says in a letter that

SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday signed legislation to open doors to new workers rebuilding Illinois’ infrastructure. The General Assembly last spring approved Pritzker’s $45 billion capital construction plan. The Democrat said that the Illinois Works Jobs