SHERIDAN – One person has died after a two vehicle collision involving a semi-tractor trailer and a car Monday.  According to the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to Illinois Route 71 four miles east […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Michelle Obama visited her old Chicago high school and held a roundtable discussion with some 20 students who had been given excerpts from the former first lady’s new memoir. Monday’s stop at […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner and Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker will make a joint appearance at the state’s Bicentennial celebration Dec. 3. Republican Rauner made the announcement Monday. That’s less than a week after Democrat […]

CHICAGO (AP) — A police officer fatally shot an armed security guard who was wearing a hat with “security” emblazoned across the front and holding a man down following a shooting inside the suburban Chicago […]

DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a 20-year-old man has been arrested following the shooting death of a 12-year-old boy in central Illinois. The shooting happened Monday evening near downtown Decatur. Police say officers responding […]