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Michigan, Illinois and Ohio Among 10 States with Most Serial Killer Victims
Breaking down serial killer stats showed alarming results in 2024 for Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio. Using data from FBI reports, World Population Review broke down the number of serial murder victims by state. It's important to understand the difference between murder, mass murder, and serial murder. WorldPopulationReview.com uses the FBI definition,
Reforms will alter the real estate transactions in Illinois and elsewhere
(The Center Square) – Changes are coming later this summer that will alter how real estate transactions are handled in Illinois and around the country. For decades, the National Association of Realtors required home sale listing brokers to provide an offer of compensation to a buyer’s agent up front. That usually was a 6% split between a seller’s broker and buyer’s agent. Groups of home sellers brought lawsuits against the...
Here Are Illinois’ New Taxes And Laws That Started On July 1st
Normally, you'd have to wait until January to see what new laws and/or rules and regulations the lawmakers down in Springfield saw fit to pass and send to the governor's desk for signature into law. I hesitate to use the word "luckily" here, but you don't have to wait until...
Restrictions on face masks proposed around country, but ACLU of Illinois has concerns
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Just four years ago, a mask requirement for indoor spaces was issued in Illinois at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and masks were still required on the Chicago Transit Authority and other mass transit as recently as the spring of 2022.But now, there is a growing movement of lawmakers and communities who want to ban masks. Civil liberties advocates have some major concerns about that idea.In surveillance videos of crimes being committed, the perpetrators are often wearing masks over their noses and mouths. In many cases, the coverings help hide the faces and identities of those...
Illinois officials urge residents to avoid at-home fireworks this Fourth of July
After the Consumer Product Safety Commission reported that nearly 10,000 fireworks-related injuries and eight fatalities occurred in 2023, officials in Illinois are urging the public to leave the explosives to the pros. On Monday, the Illinois Fire Safety Alliance held an event ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, urging...
Undocumented immigrants now eligible for standard Illinois driver's licenses
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Under an Illinois law that went into effect Monday, undocumented immigrants are now eligible for standard driver's licenses in Illinois.It is a change that seeks to reduce the stigma around driving without citizenship, and to make the roads across the state safer.For more than a decade, undocumented immigrants have been able to drive legally in Illinois so long as they passed their road test and had proof of insurance—under legislation signed into law in 2013 by then-Gov. Pat Quinn. This new law takes things one step further by changing the look and language of their former licenses.What...
Pritzker signs 49 bills impacting elections, hunting, mobile park residents and more
(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker enacted 49 bills Monday that touch on elections, hunting, mobile home park residents, criminal justice, education and more. House Bill 4621, effective immediately with some provisions taking effect July 1, 2025, creates the Office of Statewide Pretrial Services within the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts. The move allows the office to provide pretrial services to circuit courts and counties that don’t currently have pretrial services agencies. There has been an explosion of pretrial hearings since cash...
Illinois officials react to SCOTUS presidential immunity ruling
(The Center Square) – Reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court granting "absolute immunity" to the president of the United States when acting in his core constitutional duty is getting reaction from Illinois elected officials. Monday’s ruling comes in response to former President Donald Trump's claim that he has presidential immunity against the charges brought against him over actions he took as president. He is the first former president to face criminal charges. ...
Pritzker could sign reusable tenant screening bill, further regulating landlords
(The Center Square) – Illinois could become the latest in a string of states to enact a measure seeking to save renters money on repeated application costs with House Bill 4926 on Gov. J.B. Pritzker's desk. The measure would amend the Landlord and Tenant Act to allow a tenant to use what’s called a reusable tenant screening report when applying to rent properties. Proponents say the bill can save renters money by letting them get their own basic screening from a third party. The screening...
“Convoy Against Cancer” BIG Truck Show in Ladd on July 20
The 2024 “Convoy Against Cancer” BIG Truck Show returns to Rte. 89/Main Street in Ladd on Saturday, July 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. All makes and models of new and restored, BIG trucks and pick-up trucks will be on display. Antique and restored farm tractors are also invited to the show.
IVAC Brings Back Community Cornerstone Recognition Nominations
Following the success of their “40 Under Forty” recognition program, the Illinois Valley Area Chamber of Commerce is now also recognizing efforts of people a little older. Nominations are now being accepted for the second annual Community Cornerstone Recognition. Nominees should be individuals who live or work in La Salle, Bureau, or Putnam counties and are making an incredible difference in their communities thru their work, volunteerism, or leadership. Another requirement is that the person be at least 40 years old.
District 229’s first female superintendent seeks to inspire
Even though new Kewanee School Supterintendent Rebecca Baney grew up in Hanover, Ind., and graduated from Indiana State University, she and her family have called Kewanee home for the last 24 years. Baney has spent her entire educational career within the Kewanee school district, teaching ninth and tenth grade English,...
Ameren official from Kewanee helps develop system for detecting gas leaks
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. — A Kewanee man is one of three Ameren Corporation employees who have received an award for research and innovation from the American Gas Association (AGA) for coming up with a way to proactively identify gas leaks at customers’ homes. Ameren’s Jeff Berry of Kewanee, Scott...
Kewanee police blotter for July 2
An animal was impounded in the 200 block of South Tremont Street. Police responded to a report of disorderly conduct, disturbing another’s peace in the 800 block of East Fourth Street. Police responded to a report of criminal trespass to a vehicle in the 600 block of East Sixth...
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