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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has a hairline fracture on his left thighbone and a doctor has ordered rest for four to six weeks. The Democrat’s office said Thursday that Pritzker doesn’t know how the injury occurred. It was not a recent injury. But pain in his knee

  OGLESBY – Parkman’s Plain Parking Lot at Starved Rock State Park is now open. Visitors to Starved Rock State Park can now enjoy an updated parking lot at Parkman’s Plain or LaSalle Canyon along route 71 on the eastern edge of the park. According to IDNR Coordinator Lisa

UNDATED – No injuries were reported after a wrong way driver crashed his vehicle into a Woodford County Sheriff Deputy’s vehicle on Thursday morning. According to the Woodford County Sheriff’s Department, at 4 a.m. they received calls of a wrong way driver on I-39, reported to

  OTTAWA – A woman is in custody after a residential burglary in Ottawa on Monday. According to the Ottawa Police Department at 7:30 p.m. they were called to the 200 block of Cactus Street for a report of residential burglary where medication was reportedly taken. After further

CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett’s PR team says “every iota” of his account of being the victim of a racist, anti-gay attack in Chicago is supported by police evidence despite police repeatedly saying it was all staged. A statement emailed Wednesday follows a city filing Monday

UTICA, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is urging visitors to some of northern Illinois’ most popular state parks to arrive early and plan for longer travel times this holiday weekend. IDNR officials say Starved Rock and Matthiessen state parks are expecting some

  SPRINGFIELD –  Beginning next year, it will be illegal for Illinoisans to have a child in the car while smoking. Last week, Governor J.B Pritzker signed a bill, effective June 2020, that would make smoking in a car while a child under 18 is present, a violation. The petty offense

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man accused of fatally shooting his wife in a fight over a coffee maker has been found guilty of second-degree murder. Media outlets report that 69-year-old Larry Lotz, of Barrington, showed no emotion Wednesday as Lake County Circuit Judge Daniel

DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — U.S. Agriculture Secretary S onny Perdue said Wednesday that President Donald Trump plans to soften the blow to farmers after his administration allowed some small oil refineries to avoid ethanol requirements. Speaking to farmers and agribusiness leaders in Decatur, Perdue

  ORLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — Police say a 2-year-old died after two temporary steel walls toppled onto her as she played at a suburban Chicago mall. Orland Park’s police chief told reporters Wednesday that Alexandra Martinez had been playing with four siblings at an Akira store in