Despite impassioned pleas and growing support for a measure that proponents say closes a dangerous sex offender loophole, the bill remains in committee at the Illinois statehouse.
Georgia-based Waffle House Inc. on Monday defended police intervention a restaurant where a black woman's arrest, captured on video, raised questions about mistreatment.
State wildlife officials say they uncovered an international plant heist involving thieves from Korea and China slipping into Northern California's wild landscapes to pluck succulents they then sell in a thriving black market in Asia.
Both Madison and St. Clair County taxpayers paid a higher effective tax rate than the national average in 2017, a year which also saw continued outmigration from the region.
While details surrounding the ex-official’s separation with the village remain undisclosed to the public, trustees’ approval of his $161,000 severance package went unobstructed.
Under Illinois law, towns that miss required pension contributions risk state intervention. In 2016, Round Lake Park paid less than 40 percent of its required pension contribution.