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CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois state senator who was indicted last week on federal charges of taking more than a quarter million dollars in salary and benefits from the Teamsters while doing little or no work has been removed as chairman of the Illinois Senate’s Labor Committee but he’s

  PEORIA  – The City of Princeton voted at its August 5th meeting in favor of Perry Memorial Hospital formally beginning a process to consider a variety of partnership options with OSF HealthCare. Perry Memorial Hospital has been an independent affiliate of OSF HealthCare since 2007,

OTTAWA  – OSF HealthCare donated $1,225 to Streator Township High School athletic programs. This donation is a result of the sports physical fundraiser that took place at Streator Township High School on May 23. “Our partnership with Streator High School has brought our community closer

PRINCETON – A train carrying sand derailed Monday in Bureau County, tumbling ten cars onto their sides. No injuries were reported at the scene just west of Zearing. Crews from BNSF were assessing the damage and there was no word on how long repairs to the rails would take. Exclusive video

PERU – Peru City Council approved a motion to allow the city engineer to take bids for the road improvement project at North Peoria Street. City Engineer Eric Carls explained that the overall improvement project, which includes adding a roundabout at the intersection of Plank Road and

PERU – Alderman discussed future plans for a public pool at Monday night’s City Council meeting in Peru. City Engineer Eric Carls explained that the city will first be looking at the costs for a pool and then will be looking into a conceptual design. He explained that Phase 1 of the

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a close friend of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s family offered $25,000 to members of Chicago’s Four Corner Hustlers street gang to “split” open the head of a witness to stop him from

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he’s thankful that the state has not suffered a mass shooting like those over the weekend — without mentioning two mass killings in the past decade. The Democrat was asked Monday in Chicago about the shootings in El Paso, Texas

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota prosecutor charged singer R. Kelly on Monday with prostitution and solicitation related to an allegation that he invited a 17-year-old girl to his hotel room in 2001 and paid her $200 to dance naked with him. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Kelly, whose

WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — The DuPage County state’s attorney’s office has indicted the DNA profile of a person suspected in the death three years ago of an infant. The body of the full-term newborn in a backpack was discovered on Aug. 15, 2016 along a road by landscapers working in an