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WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — Police say a suburban Chicago couple face charges that they kept their 10-year-old daughter in their basement for several months because they believed she was possessed by a demon. Waukegan police say the 48-year-old Randy Swopes and 49-year-old Katherine Swopes were

KINGS – A multi-agency training exercise will be taking place in Ogle County on Saturday at the school in Kings. The Ogle County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting an active school shooting drill along with the Ogle/Lee Fire Protection District, Rochelle Fire Department, Ogle County

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a Peoria police officer fatally shot a 19-year-old man who fled from a vehicle after a traffic stop in Peoria. The Peoria County coroner says Luis Cruz was pronounced dead early Thursday at a hospital soon after the shooting. City police spokeswoman Amy

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Midwest grocery store chain Hy-Vee Inc. has recalled its store-brand spring pasta salad after 20 people got salmonella in Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday the West Des Moines-based grocery chain discovered

STREATOR -Telecommunications taxes in Streator will be doubled by next year according to the city council. Committee members met, Wednesday to discuss a tax hike for all Streator citizens with wireless communication. Starting in January taxes will go up from 3% to 6%. With landlines diminishing,

HENNEPIN – Witnesses testifying for the defense have taken center stage in Hennepin as the trial of Clifford Andersen continues. Andersen’s lawyers will defending the accused in the concealment and murder of Deborah Dewey, charges stemming from her disappearance and discovery in a shallow

HENNEPIN – The prosecution has rested their case in the trial of Clifford Andersen in the concealment of a homicidal death and murder of his sister-in-law. The defense now gets to present their case, however, Andersen has indicated he will not be testifying on his behalf. This morning

WATERMAN – A credit card coding machine was found during a traffic stop in DeKalb County last month and three people are being sought by police after multiple fraud purchases in three counties.  In a release from the DeKalb County  Sheriff’s Office, an investigation began in June

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a 78-year-old Bloomington man stabbed himself in a courtroom shortly after a jury found him guilty in a sexual assault case. Johnny Icard was sitting alone Wednesday at a defense table where he had represented himself at trial. When the judge said he was

CHICAGO (AP) — An animal rights organization has filed a lawsuit against Brookfield Zoo in a search for documents that could shed light on the 2015 deaths of 54 stingrays. Court records show People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals since 2016 has been asking the Cook County Forest Preserve