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GLENVIEW, Ill. (AP) — Two former aides at a suburban Chicago nursing home have pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a Snapchat video that showed them taunting a 91-year-old woman with dementia. Brayan Cortez and Jamie Montesa pleaded guilty Monday to misdemeanor charges of disorderly

CHICAGO (AP) — A Muslim civil rights group says an Illinois driver’s license rule violates religious rights. The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging the rule that requires anyone wearing a religious head covering while

MENDOTA – Sixth and Sixth Avenue in Mendota is blooming with flowers, all thanks to the garden club community. Marion Quintana dug her roots into a 26 hour project that lasted four days to create a flowery mural that graces the El Rey Taco joint wall. Garden Club President Steve Lauer

  MANLIUS – A student is in custody after the Bureau Valley School District received notification of alleged threats to their high school. According to a post from Bureau Valley School District officials, the threat came from a student who was not on school grounds. The

WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago woman has pleaded guilty to trying to hire a hit man on the dark web to kill the wife of a co-worker with whom she was having an affair. In a news release, the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s office says 32-year-old Tina Jones was sentenced

  PEOTONE – A Florida man has been charged after authorities seized over sixteen hundred fraudulent Yeti thermos bottles at the Will County Fairgrounds on Friday. According to the Will County Sheriff’s Department, On Thursday deputies were working at the Will County Fairgrounds

SENECA – A Seneca man was arrested after a late Sunday night incident about a man allegedly pointing a gun at people.   According to the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office before midnight Sunday they were called to the 2400 block of East 29th Road, where they took 33-year-old Daniel Feldt

LASALLE – LaSalle City Council held public comment at Monday night’s meeting to discuss food trucks in the city. Members of the public came out to voice their opinions regarding potential amendments to ordinances that would allow food trucks. Although many expressed their support for the

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Officials at the University of Illinois say they will start enforcing a new smoke-free policy on Monday. The university’s new rules a 2014 policy that banned smoke-producing tobacco products. Now all forms of tobacco, including chewing tobacco and snuff, along with

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois is among 19 states suing over the Trump administration’s effort to change a federal agreement limiting how long migrant children can be detained. Attorneys general in California and Massachusetts are leading the effort and filed the lawsuit Monday. A longtime