Court sentences Peoria man to 35 years in prison over sexual exploitation charges
Charles A. Hewitt, a 48-year-old Creve Coeur man, has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison by Senior US …
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Jury returns indictment charging East Saint Louis caretaker for stealing identities
Erica S. Rose, a 30-year-old East Saint Louis woman, has been indicted with conspiring to commit bank, identity theft, and …
Pritzker announces funding of $10.5 million for Southern Illinois University
A health science building will be designed on the Edwardsville campus of Southern Illinois University with the aid of a …
Authorities identify John Doe as John H. Frisch
The Peoria County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) recovered a skull on June 12, 2017. The skull washed up on the shore …
Unemployment rate on the low
It has been a good time as far as unemployment rate is concerned in Illinois as all fourteen metropolitan areas. …
Shooting gun conviction for Illegal Alien
An illegal alien has been convicted guilty by a federal jury in East Saint Louis. The illegal alien Gustavo Alvarez-Gomez, …
Equal Rights Amendment confirmed as 28th amendment?
It seems that the Equal Rights Amendment ERA is being confirmed the 28th amendment as Illinois’s attorney general is using …
The University of Illinois Springfield opens the Sangamon Experience
The University of Illinois Springfield has held a grand opening for the Sangamon Experience. The experience is a new on-campus …
Pritzker blasts doomsayers, says state of state is growing
JB Pritzker, the governor of Illinois, spoke to a joint session of the General Assembly on Wednesday. He blasted doomsayers, …
Law enforcement officials arrest three Rockford-area residents on drugs and conspiracy allegations
The federal and local law enforcement officials arrested three residents of the Rockford-area on drugs and conspiracy charges. According to …
Federal bribery and tax offenses for former Illinois state senator
Former Illinois State Sen. Martin A. Sandoval has pleaded guilty in federal court in Chicago to bribery and tax offenses. …
Illinoisans call upon Clean Energy Jobs Act
More than 23,000 Illinoisans have called for passage of the Clean Energy Jobs Act as Grassroots groups joined to present …
Pritzker administration promoting investing in opportunity zones
Pritzker administration is launching a new initiative to invest in opportunity zones across the state. According to part of Pritzker’s …
Aurora Downtown’s BAR Committee offers grants to small businesses
The Business Attraction and Retention (BAR) Committee of Aurora Downtown is offering small business grants in the Special Service Area …
Authorities release identity of woman killed in Arlington Heights crash
A head-on crash occurred on Friday at Arlington Heights Road and Hintz Road. A woman lost her life in that …
Steel lose against RoughRiders on Sunday afternoon
The Sunday afternoon game proved bad for the Chicago Steel and they lost against the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders by 7-3 …
Drug and Firearms conviction for Chicago Area drug trafficker
A federal jury delivered guilty verdicts after deliberating about two hours yesterday evening, Jan.23, 2020 against Deon Evans. The jury …
Man sentenced to 7 years in prison for child pornography charge
A Streamwood man has been sentenced in federal prison for enticing a 16-year-old boy to produce sexually explicit videos of …
Unemployment rate hits to historical low
Good news for Illinois as the Illinois Department of Employment (IDES) has announced that the unemployment rate has fallen -0.1 …
Davenport man convicted for sexual exploitation of a child
A federal jury has returned a guilty verdict late Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 22, 2020 against Timothy Brandon Fredrickson. The 30-year …
ExxonMobil Joliet refinery endows Junior Joliet College scholarship
The sponsors of the annual golf outing of ExxonMobil Joliet Refinery and ExxonMobil itself donated $37000 to endow the Junior …
Charges of producing child pornography filed against former Rosemont resident
Marcos German Mendez, a 32-year-old former Rosemont resident, has been charged with producing child pornography. According to the indictment, Mendez …
IDOR begins accepting 2019 individual income tax returns on January 27
The tax filing season for the year 2020 will begin on Monday, January 27, 2020. The Illinois Department of Revenue …
City of Naperville celebrates North Central College’s National Championship football title
The North Central College won the National Championship football title recently. The City of Naperville and the North Central College …
Chicago Executive Airport approves land for new airplane hangar
The Board of Directors of the Chicago Executive Airport (CEA) announced the approval of land lease with Atlantic Aviation for …
Minimum wage and Earned Income Tax Credit together are good for working families
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) released a new study about the minimum wage and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). …
Jody Cross criticizes decision of demolition of historic Oakdale Tabernacle
The historic Oakdale Tabernacle is located at Oakdale Nature Preserve. The Freeport Park District has taken a decision to demolish …
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