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Lake County, IL Cold Case: Woman Charged in Newborn’s Grocery Store Death After 25 Years

Round Lake Beach, IL – Nearly 25 years after a newborn infant was found dead in a bag behind a grocery store, a Lake County woman has been arrested...

Hobart, IN Crash Today: Vehicle Slams Into Home on Joliet Street

Hobart, IN – Emergency crews are responding to a vehicle that crashed into a home in Hobart, prompting...

Joliet, IL Barn Fire Destroys Vacant Structure Saturday Afternoon

Joliet, IL – A large vacant barn was destroyed in a Saturday afternoon fire, but firefighters were able...

Lake County, IL Route 60 Motorcycle Crash Kills Mundelein Man

Mettawa, IL – A 43-year-old Mundelein man was killed Monday night after his motorcycle collided with an SUV...

Indiana Fireworks Show Malfunction Triggers Early Explosion, No Injuries

Highland, IN – A fireworks display in northwest Indiana was briefly interrupted after an equipment malfunction caused an...

Riverside Healthcare announces visitor restrictions starting Monday

Riverside Healthcare announced Monday starting at 8 am new visitor restrictions will be in place at the hospital. “For the safety of our patients, until further notice,...

Kankakee Mayor asks landlords for compassion, IDES pending pandemic unemployment

Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong reached out to citizens of Kankakee on Sunday night through the City’s Facebook page on the COVID-19 pandemic, issuing a plea...

Kroger, Berkots, Wal-Mart shift hours to aid in resupply, cleaning efforts

Stores across Illinois have adjusted hours to allow stockers additional time to resupply chains across the state, including Kroger, Berkots, and Wal-Mart. Updating Aldi, in a...

Kankakee Library removes seating in wake of COVID-19

The Kankakee Public Library announced on Sunday they would be removing guest seating to enforce a walk-in service only policy, but remain open.  “Beginning Tuesday, March 17th,...

Gyms face two-front war in COVID-19 battle: “Super Spreaders” vs “Germaphobes”

Mike Neumann first started Fit Body U in Bourbonnais, Illinois nearly six years ago. His members are like family, with trainers actively working...

Illinois COVID-19 total rises to 64, adds 18 cases today including Central Illinois

The total number of cases in Illinois now stands at 64. In addition to cases in Cumberland, DuPage, St. Clair, and Woodford counties, there are seven new cases in Chicago, four in suburban Cook, one in Kane, and one in Lake counties. Public health officials are still investigating the travel history of these individuals and any potential contact with a known COVID-19 case. Public health officials will identify and contact people who are considered close contacts of these cases.
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