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Florida couple identified as victims of Christian Co. RV, train collision
CHRISTIAN COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — A husband and wife from Florida have been identified as the people who died in an RV vs. train collision last week in Christian County. Christian County Coroner Amy Winans released their names on Sunday after notifying their family. Joseph and Christina Kessler were both 73 years old and died […]
Illinois State Fair: Get early taste of Fair food, discounts at 100 Days Out celebration
Even though the Illinois State Fair is still months away, a one-day event will stave off fair-confection hunger until August. You can skip the lines in late summer heat and grab a bite of some of your favorite fair food at the 100 Days Out celebration. Here's what you need...
What’s bothering Pritzker
Happy Monday, Illinois. Remember when the order to stay at home actually got push-back?. Inflation isn’t going away, which means the Federal Reserve may not cut interest rates any time soon — and that has Gov. JB Pritzker worried. His beef: “It makes it harder for people to...
Cicadas will bug Chicago and central Illinois differently
Parts of Illinois will be buzzing with this year's big cicada co-emergence, but for Chicagoans, it likely won't feel too different from the last time we saw the insects in 2020.Why it matters: There's plenty of hype about a looming "cicadapocalypse," but experts and our Axios Visuals colleagues say there's no reason to bug out.We've prepared a cicada season guide — whether you want to eat them, travel to see large swarms of them or just understand them better.The big picture: When 13-year and 17-year cicada broods emerge simultaneously, it's called a co-emergence, and they're fairly common, occurring every 5-6...
Illinois lawmakers to propose merging Chicago area’s transit agencies, amid CTA complaints and looming budget woes
The Chicago area’s public bus and rail systems would be combined under a measure Illinois lawmakers are expected to introduce, which would eliminate the CTA, Metra and Pace as separate agencies. The legislation comes as complaints have mounted over the Chicago Transit Authority’s struggles to provide frequent, reliable and safe service, and days after Gov. J.B. Pritzker called for “an ...
6 months after Illinois ended cash bail, jail populations are down as courts settle into new patterns
In one of the most serious cases on the detention hearing call at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on a day earlier this month, a judge ordered a teen jailed pending trial after he was accused of shooting a woman in the neck during an attempted carjacking. “It’s difficult for the court to come to the finding that an 18-year-old is so dangerous,” said Cook County Judge William Fahy. “I ...
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