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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The city of Springfield is the winning bidder for a historic neon sign that’s one of the city’s remaining Route 66 landmarks. The State Journal-Register reports an online auction was held for the Sonrise Donuts sign, which went up along Route 66 in 1949. At

LASALLE – The Illinois State Police are reminding motorists to drive safe during holiday travels. Captain Jason LoCoco of District 17 says when traveling during the holidays, please be accountable for actions behind the wheel. If you are attending a holiday celebration where alcohol is

BRACEVILLE – One man has died and another man was arrested following a single vehicle crash Christmas Eve morning in Grundy County. According to Grundy County Coroner John W. Callahan the crash occurred around 10:30 a.m. on Illinois Route 53 near Braceville. A truck was reportedly traveling

SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a northwestern Illinois police officer fired a gunshot that wounded an Iowa man following an attempted traffic stop. Police say the shooting happened Sunday night in Silvis, Illinois, just east of Moline in the Quad Cities area. Police say a 24-year-old

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A Wisconsin trucker has been sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison for a slingshot and metal ball bearings to shatter a van window while driving along Interstate 74 in eastern Illinois. Fifty-three-year-old Kevin L. Casey of Janesville, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty to a felony for

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — If you’re hitting the road in Illinois over the holidays you’ll have to deal with thousands of people doing the same thing but you won’t have to contend with many construction crews. In a news release, the state’s Department of Transportation

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota-based poultry producer is recalling more than 164,000 pounds of raw ground turkey products that may be contaminated with salmonella. The Jennie-O Turkey Store products have markings saying to use or freeze by Nov. 12 or 13. The recall includes plain ground turkey

TAYLORVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Survivors of a rare December tornado that injured more than two dozen people in Taylorville say that two weeks after the storm, they are struggling but grateful for the kindness they’ve been shown in the aftermath. More than 25 people were injured in the

SPRINGFIELD – A grant program is now available through the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to support Asian Carp processors and product-makers to find more ways to market the invasive fish. Gov. Bruce Rauner announced that companies and individuals interested in expanding demand for

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the city of Springfield to pay another $54,000 to civil rights attorneys who represented two panhandlers in a legal fight over the city’s anti-panhandling ordinances.  A judge ordered the city last week to pay Chicago-based attorneys