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CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Illinois health officials are requesting about $5 million more from the state to implement new rules aimed at identifying and caring for children under 6 years with lead poisoning. The Illinois Department of Health received about $10 million this fiscal year to send

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will offer free admission and special events to celebrate Lincoln’s birthday. Museum officials say admission will be free on Feb. 12 — what would have been Lincoln’s 210th birthday. Historic interpreters

CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois consumer-advocacy group is offering new tips for reducing those pesky computer-generated phone calls. Citizens Utility Board released its Guide to Fighting Robocalls on Monday. The guide is available for free through the organization’s website . CUB says

PRINCETON – Two individuals were placed into custody Thursday after Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotic Agents allegedly located heroin, methamphetamine, ecstasy, and cannabis in their vehicle. A Bureau County Sheriff’s Deputy stopped Vanessa M. Sissel, 41, of Princeton Thursday

MENDOTA –  Mendota Police Department took a report regarding the use of a fake $100 bill. The bills are made by “washing” $10 bills and reprinting them as $100 bills. There are two really easy and quick ways to detect these types of counterfeit bills. 1. Hold a bill up to a light and

DIXON – A Dixon Police Officer was presented with the Illinois Sheriffs’ Association Medal of Valor award at the Illinois Sheriff’s Winter Conference in Peoria, Monday. Officer Mark Dallas was presented the award for his heroic actions on May 16th 2018, when an active shooter was

SYCAMORE – The President and Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Dekalb County has been charged with embezzling funds from the organization. In a press release by the Sycamore Police Department, they say 37-year-old Anthony D. Cvek of Sycamore was charged with

Brendt Christensen- 2017 Photo Macon County Illinois Sheriffs Office CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors are building a case, partly on a bloody handprint and the responses of a cadaver-sniffing dog, that a former University of Illinois physics student killed a 26-year-old Chinese scholar in 2017 at

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago apartment building where 10 children died in a fire last summer will be demolished. Attorneys representing the city and the owner of the property reached an agreement on Thursday to tear down the building in the city’s Little Village neighborhood by July 18. The

PERU – Hazardous weather is expected for portions of north central and northeast Illinois, according to the national weather service. A flood warning continues for the Illinois River affecting, LaSalle, Bureau and Putnam County. Excessive cold risks will remain in effect for tonight into