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CHICAGO (AP) — American Airlines is investigating how a 67-year-old woman in a wheelchair was left alone overnight at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport when her flight was canceled. The incident started Friday night when Olimpia Warsaw’s flight from Chicago to Detroit was

TAYLORVILLE- Central Illinois residents on Monday continued assessing damage from rare December tornadoes, including a half-mile-wide one that injured at least 20 people. The state’s severe weather was part of a line of thunderstorms that raked areas of the central U.S. late Friday and into

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials have allocated the first grants to buy cleaner-burning engines from an emissions lawsuit settlement Volkswagen reached with federal officials. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that $19 million will finance cleaner-burning

  MENDOTA – Mendota’s new police chief was sworn into office on Monday. In front of the city council, and a packed room of friends, family and colleagues, Lieutenant Greg Kellen proudly took the oath to be Mendota’s police chief. Chief Kellen thanked the city for the

LASALLE- The LaSalle City Council decided to reconvene Wednesday at 5pmafter Monday night’s meeting. After a presentation by Illinois Cement regarding the annexation and rezoning near Dimmick, the city council members then heard concerned residents give their opinion on whether or not council

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Illinois soybean researchers are struggling to continue with their work after a board’s decision to invest in areas other than research where the board believes they’ll have a larger impact. The Illinois Soybean Association is focusing on opening new foreign

ALORTON, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in the southern Illinois community of Alorton say an early morning fire has destroyed the home of the town’s mayor. Alorton’s director of code enforcement, Anthony LeFlore, says authorities believe someone threw something into Mayor JoAnn

MENDOTA – “A Mendota Christmas” is being rescheduled for Saturday, December 15th. The Christmas celebration was rescheduled due to poor weather over the weekend. The Mendota Area Chamber of Commerce a list of events will be announced later this week. “A Mendota

OTTAWA – With families gathering to ‘deck the halls’ during the holidays, the National Fire Protection Association says that also means greater risk for fire. According to NFPA, electrical distribution or lighting equipment was involved in over 40 percent of home Christmas tree