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  STREATOR – Streator’s council discussed whether to act on a city sales tax for marijuana on Tuesday. According to City Manager David Plyman, the city just recently received a memo letter from legal council on the matter. Plyman says it’s going to be a learning curve.

CHICAGO (AP) — State officials are conducting a survey on crime against LGBTQ individuals that will help inform how to disperse funding and state and local policies. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority says research shows LGBTQ individuals experience crimes at a higher rate,

ELGIN, Ill. (AP) — A former social worker at a suburban Chicago mental health center has been sentenced to 180 days in jail after pleading guilty to a sexual misconduct charge involving a patient with a disability. Christy Lenhardt’s plea entered Friday stems from an investigation into

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Officials in Illinois’ capitol city will begin debating regulations on growing and selling recreational marijuana before it becomes legal Jan. 1. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports the City Council will meet as a committee Tuesday to begin

LASALLE – LaSalle City Council discussed possible amendments to the city’s mobile food vendor ordinance. Although what the city discussed is not final, the council members did agree that food trucks would have to purchase an annual permit for $600. Members of the council also discussed

OTTAWA – LaSalle County Board passed a resolution that declared October 6th through 12th Suicide Awareness Week at their board meeting on Monday. Attorney Alexis Ferracuti spoke to the board about the upcoming Out of the Darkness Walk on October 12th and the importance of raising awareness

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Public schools in Rockford, Illinois are operating without internet, telephone or computer systems that track student attendance because of a ransomware attack. The Register Star reports Rockford Public Schools first experienced trouble with its phone and internet services

  CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police oversight agency has recommended the firing of an officer who shot his friend and lied about it. In a report completed this summer, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability determined that Officer Patrick J. Kelly shot Michael LaPorta in the head in

CHICAGO (AP) — Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to better regulate the electronic cigarette industry in the wake of several vaping-related deaths. Durban criticized the FDA on Monday for its lack of oversight of the sale and marketing of e-cigarettes