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  SPRING VALLEY – Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru and St. Margaret’s in Spring Valley and have signed a non-binding Letter of Intent to consolidate their operations and form a regional health network. “St. Margaret’s and IVCH have proudly served this region for more

CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker is hoping the burgeoning sports-gambling industry will help solve Illinois’ budget troubles, but state lawmakers must first legalize expanded wagering after years of failed attempts. Pritzker said during his budget address last month that the state could

ELGIN, Ill. (AP) — Elgin city council members have approved hiring an outside firm to investigate a police officer’s fatal shooting of a woman. The Elgin City Council voted 7-1 Wednesday to hire the firm to investigate DeCynthia Clements’ March 2018 killing. Council members said it

DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers plan a hearing about the death of a 2-year-old Decatur girl who died from starvation and deprivation. Democratic state Rep. Sue Scherer of Decatur says she requested the Tuesday hearing. She says legislators want to find out what happened and how to

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Autopsies have determined that a Joliet man shot and killed his girlfriend and their two children before he fatally shot himself as police initially believed. Joliet Police have said since Thursday that the deaths appeared to be murder-suicide and after the autopsies showed

DIXON, Ill. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a 20-year-old man is mentally able to go to trial on charges he opened fire at Dixon Illinois high school. Lee County Circuit Court Judge Charles Beckman on Friday agreed with a forensic psychologist who said Matthew Milby Jr. of Dixon can understand

MORRIS – One man is dead after a single vehicle crash in Grundy County on Saturday.   According to Grundy County Coroner John W. Callahan 27 year-old Virgil V. Saenz was eastbound on Marseilles Road near Walker’s Corner when for unknown reasons his vehicle left the pavement and entered

CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois Lottery’s transition to a new central gaming system has caused trouble for some retailers, including overpayments to winners. Illinois Lottery spokesman Jason Schaumburg says the ticket validation issue was discovered Feb. 20 and resolved the same day. He has

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A judge has delayed the trial of the man accused of kidnapping and killing a University of Illinois scholar from China. U.S. District Judge James Shadid on Thursday set Brendt Christensen’s trial for June 3. Christensen’s trial was originally to begin April 1,

OTTAWA – LaSalle County’s Naloxone Program saved 52 lives in 2018. According to the programs annual’s report, nearly 100 doses of Narcan Nasal Spray was used by law enforcement and other partners in 54 overdose response incidents, representing half of all opioid overdose