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  STREATOR – The Streator Police Department reported a couple of incidents from Friday evening. They say that around noon a resident reported decorative lights were taken off of a garage in the 300 block of East

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Federal officials say a bird called the interior least tern is being dropped from the endangered species list. The small, fish-eating bird lives along rivers, lakes

CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago man who pleaded guilty in the New Year’s Eve 2018 shooting of a U.S. Postal Service worker has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison. A federal judge in Chicago

SPRINGFIELD – A police and criminal reform house bill that would drastically change law enforcement as we know it, is in the hands of Governor J.B. to sign. House Bill 3653 formerly House Bill 163, authored by

  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois National Guard members will be on duty this weekend in Springfield in response to state capitols being threatened across the country. Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday that members of the National

CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker says the spread of COVID-19 has slowed sufficiently that he’s easing restrictions in three Illinois regions, although strict rules will remain in place in Chicago and other parts of the state.

CHICAGO (AP) — A 16-year-old boy has been charged as an adult in the slaying of a Chicago man who was fatally shot during an attempted carjacking of his SUV last month. Denroy Garcia’s name is being

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A man who was shot in the back by a police officer in Wisconsin, triggering several nights of violent protests, says he was prepared to surrender just before the officer opened fire. Jacob

PLAINFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois township supervisor is facing allegations he stole money over six years from the company he founded. Plainfield Township supervisor Anthony Fremarek is charged in an indictment unsealed Thursday with wire