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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court is recruiting more volunteer lawyers to speed up criminal appeals. The appeal process at times is so long the defendant has completed his prison term before their appeal is decided. The high court in February launched a six-month pilot

SPRINGFIELD – Nearly 8,000 Illinoisans were infected with the the coronavirus in the past 24 hours.  The Illinois Department of Public Health says that 7,899 people contracted the virus, and 46 people died of complications related to the virus.  Saturday’s case count is over 900

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 30,000 recipients of what a judge described as “electoral terror” robocalls designed to scare people from voting have received new court-ordered calls saying the earlier call had false information that intimidated voters.

By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois authorities have extradited a 17-year-old accused of killing two demonstrators in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Christopher Covelli, a spokesman for Illinois’ Lake County Sheriff’s Office, on Friday told The Associated

OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College has been awarded a grand from the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief fund program. The grant is to help with costs associated with helping enroll, retain, and graduate first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students. This

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is reminding the public that expirations for license plate stickers are set to end on November 1st. Since June 1, more than 1.5 million people have renewed their license plate stickers online, more than double the number the previous

OTTAWA – 78 new positive coronavirus cases were reported by the LaSalle County Health Department. This is the 2nd highest daily case-count seen in LaSalle County since the start of the pandemic, with the highest reported Wednesday. Since the start of the pandemic, the LCHD has confirmed

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed a new record for daily confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday. 6,943 new cases were confirmed throughout the state, along with 36 additional deaths. This is also the fourth time this week that Illinois has seen daily confirmed

SPRING VALLEY – One person has been found dead in a house fire in Spring Valley.  Spring Valley Police and Fire Departments were dispatched shortly after 3 am Friday morning to a structure fire on Dover Drive on the west side of Spring Valley.  Officers found the residence completely