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Aurora police say Venezuelan criminal gang is impacting migrant community
(The Center Square) – The city of Aurora is facing the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua that is now operating in the city as the police department confirms the gang's presence that it says in impacting the migrant community. "We urge all community members, including members of our migrant communities, to please report crimes committed against them to their local law enforcement agencies and not remain silent victims," said the Aurora Police Department in the news release posted on X. ...
Chicago Facing Almost $1 Billion Budget Gap — And Mayor Won’t Rule Out Property Tax Hike
CITY HALL — Chicago is facing an almost billion dollar budget deficit for 2025 — and Mayor Brandon Johnson won’t yet say if he’s sticking by a campaign promise to not raise property taxes during his first term in office. City officials are forecasting a $982.4...
3 men jailed on gun charges after cops respond to ShotSpotter alerts
CHICAGO — With less than a month remaining on Chicago’s contract with ShotSpotter, the gunfire detection system continues to display an uncanny ability to direct cops to people with guns and evidence that they used the weapons. Last Sunday, cops responded to a ShotSpotter alert of 12 shots...
The Los Angeles Chargers Will Trade Khalil Mack to the Chicago Bears
A reunion with future hall-of-famer Khalil Mack is not only the most viable option, but in all likelihood the most realistic. Khalil Mack is a free agent next offseason so the Bears could wait till the offseason to attempt to get him in Free Agency but then it’s fair game for all other 30 teams. If Chicago makes the move this year they can sign him to a shorter extension such as a 2-year extension.
State EPA Interim Director Jennings announces $5 million grant opportunity for projects to improve Illinois water quality
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Interim Director James Jennings today announced a grant opportunity with $5 million in funding for projects that will improve water quality in Illinois. The Green Infrastructure Grant Opportunities (GIGO) Program has been made possible by Governor Pritzker’s bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital plan. The program seeks...
AccuWeather provides life-saving advance notice ahead of EF2 tornado in Illinois
AccuWeather provided crucial life-saving advance notice, helping businesses and communities better prepare and seek shelter during EF2 tornado in Illinois. AccuWeather For Business provides a crucial 37 minutes of advance notice – before any other source – of a destructive EF2 tornado packing winds of 125 mph that hit near Pawnee, Illinois, on Aug. 6.
Illinois Teacher Goes Viral Asking Parents Not To Bring Kid’s Birthday Cupcakes
One teacher in Illinois has a back-to-school ask of parents. Ann Brackemyer, a kindergarten teacher in Morrison, is going viral as kiddos are going back to school with what she says is an "unpopular opinion". Parents love to bring cupcakes to school on the kid's birthday for the class. It's...
Illinois GOP Leader McCombie to Discuss Policy Agenda at SIU
Illinois House Republican leader Tony McCombie will speak at Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute on September 9. McCombie, who became the first woman to lead Illinois House Republicans in January 2023, will share her party's policy agenda and her views on the issues that will shape the November general elections. With Democrats holding a significant 78 to 40 supermajority in the Illinois House, McCombie's leadership is focused on narrowing that gap in the upcoming elections.
“Goodest Boy in Illinois” challenge ends Saturday
DeKALB – With Saturday’s intrastate rivalry football game between NIU and Western Illinois University just around the corner, the battle between the schools’ live mascots nears its final stages. Since Aug. 16, NIU’s Mission III and WIU’s Colonel Rock “Ray” IV have been engaged in a friendly...
The Late-August 1990 Tornado Disaster
A review of the deadly Planfield Tornado by the National Weather Service Between 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. CDT on August 28th, 1990, a violent F5 tornado ripped through Kendall and Will counties taking the lives of 29 people and injuring 350. The tornado left a 16.4 mile-long damage path which ranged from 600 yards […]
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