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Exelon officials announced plans earlier this year to shutter facilities in Byron and Dresden in late 2021, but left the door open to reverse its decision. State Rep. Tom Demmer said Illinois shouldn’t underestimate the...

Officials are investigating a Wolcott, Indiana home where two bodies were found Thursday. 20-year-old Breana Cobb, 20-year-old Dorian Hale and 19-year-old Marlin Seay are all in custody at the White County jail. White County...

Jasper County, IN reports 23 new coronavirus cases Sunday while Tippecanoe County recorded 82 new positive cases. The Indiana State Department of Health announced Sunday, 2,175 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with...

While many area school districts have managed to avoid the outbreaks of coronavirus cases, some additional district officials are being forced to make adjustments after students and staff tested positive. Governor J.B. Pritizker...

                     12 coronavirus deaths on record  Thirty-three new COVID-19 cases were reported over the weekend in...

A man and a woman each in their 80s from Ford County were among the 24 additional deaths due to COVID-19 reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday. That brings the total number of Illinois deaths related to...

                     Drug Take-Back event Saturday The Iroquois and Kankakee County Sheriff’s Offices are giving the...

Illinois continues to make adjustments to work through the COVID-19 mitigation plan and the Ptitzker administration rules for the pandemic.  September's unemployment rates are up and jobs are down in all 14 Metro...

A Cedar Lake, IN man is jailed in Lake County and facing 13 charges after his home was surrounded by a Northwest Indiana Regional SWAT Team.  The man was identified as 29-year-old Eric Scott Olson.  He's charged with...

A Benton County jury found Rhett Martin of Fowler guilty of all four charges for a murder in 2019. The jury returned its verdict (Thursday) after deliberating a little more than an hour. Martin was found guilty for 3-counts of...