Tazewell County News Briefs
February 20, 2019CENTRAL ILLINOIS Area measles cases traced to unvaccinated college students Two cases have been reported in Champaign-Urbana in recent months — the first in January and the second…
An online video that vividly depicts the inability of Barrington emergency first responders to reach an accident scene or hospital destination, when all four Canadian National Railway…
Kathy Harris got choked up several times as she thanked Housing Authority of Cook County for the great job they did rehabbing Turlington Apartments, the Harvey public housing development…
As Aurora residents band together in the wake of tragedy, the City of Lights continues to shine bright for the world to see. “The City of Lights went dark for a period of time, but…
What a way to spend a snowy school holiday. Kyrell Nodora, 11, of Lakemoor, a fifth-grader at Chauncey H. Duker School in McHenry, received an invitation of a lifetime on Feb. 18, an…
Illinois is just a signature away from a $15-per-hour minimum wage. With state House passage of the proposal on Thursday and the measure already clearing the state Senate, the legislation…
CENTRAL ILLINOIS Area measles cases traced to unvaccinated college students Two cases have been reported in Champaign-Urbana in recent months — the first in January and the second…
McLean County Amazon partnership could bolster new plant Rivian, which is poised to begin operations in Normal next year, announced this past week a partnership with online…
COUNTY Scholarships available for college, occupational training The DuPage County Department of Community Services is offering college and occupational training scholarships for low-income…
I wore a racist costume on Halloween. It would never have happened if not for my grandfather. Always on the prowl for a quick buck, Al Goldman had discovered trading with the Far East….
CENTRAL ILLINOIS Area measles cases traced to unvaccinated college students Two cases have been reported in Champaign-Urbana in recent months — the first in January and the second…
McHenry County Proposed rebate plan offers property tax relief The county reported that a proposal to rebate $15 million of Valley Hi Nursing Home’s fund reserve will make most McHenry…
SPRINGFIELD — A bill intended to rein in House Speaker Michael Madigan’s outsized role in state politics was rejected by Democrats in a House subcommittee Thursday. The measure,…
Illinois is just a signature away from a $15-per-hour minimum wage. With state House passage of the proposal on Thursday and the measure already clearing the state Senate, the legislation…
The pain was palpable on Sunday afternoon outside the Henry Pratt Co. building in Aurora where 1,700 residents filled the streets to pray for and remember those who were killed in the…
Willowbrook-area residents and public officials are expressing relief over action taken to stop the sterilization of medical equipment and other items at a local plant. State officials…
Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman has released the identities of the five people killed in the mass shooting at an Aurora factory on Feb. 15. An employee fired that morning opened fired…
Gary Martin, the Aurora man who was fatally shot by police Friday, Feb. 15 after shooting and killing five co-workers and wounding five police officers, had several run-ins with law…