SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — At least two gun control measures could be addressed in the upcoming veto session of the Illinois General Assembly. The proposed measures come as reaction continues to the mass shooting in Las Vegas that left 58 people dead and more than 500 wounded, The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reported. The legislation introduced…
POCAHONTAS, ILL (KTRS) The Illinois State Fire Marshal’s office is investigating the cause of a fire Wednesday that killed a 4-year-old girl was killed and injured five of her family members in Pocahontas, Illinois, about 40 miles northeast of St. Louis. The EMS chief in nearby Highland, Brian Wilson, said 15-month-old twin girls, a 12-year-old boy…
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is urging residents to take precautions after credit-monitoring company Equifax said a breach exposed information about 143 million Americans. Madigan said Friday that she has started an investigation in the breach and called on Equifax to provide free credit freezes to all Illinois residents. She says potential…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois schools will be required to teach financial literacy skills such as balancing a checkbook and putting money into a savings account this school year. The Illinois State Board of Education adopted revised social science standards in 2015, according to The Springfield Journal-Register . Those standards were approved in February 2016…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Governor Bruce Rauner is seeking federal help for people in four northern Illinois counties affected by flooding and severe storms this summer. Rauner’s office said Friday he asked President Donald Trump to approve federal assistance for property owners in Cook, Kane, Lake and McHenry counties. If the help is approved, people…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois’ legislative leaders say they’ve reached a tentative agreement in the state’s school funding fight, but details are still being worked out. Senate Republican Leader Bill Brady and House Republican Leader Jim Durkin issued a statement Thursday saying there’s “agreement in principle,” but wording won’t be released until “drafts have been reviewed.”…
Staunton, IL (KTRS) A massive fire is to blame for heavily damaging a classic car shop in Staunton, Illinois. Firefighters responded to the blaze at Country Classic Cars on East Frontage Road on Tuesday night. The fire quickly spread to five alarms. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigators.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ Illinois Department of Transportation officials say efforts are underway to make sure traffic keeps moving and roadways are safe during the upcoming solar eclipse. The Carbondale area in southern Illinois is in the path of a total eclipse on Aug. 21. The rest of Illinois will see a partial eclipse. IDOT…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is expected to use his veto power to remove some money for Chicago Public Schools from a school funding bill – a move that could jeopardize funding for Illinois’ roughly 850 districts. Democrats on Monday sent to Rauner a school funding overhaul they passed in May but…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Senate President John Cullerton says he’ll send a bill that overhauls how Illinois doles out money to schools to Gov. Bruce Rauner’s desk on Monday. The Republican governor has said he’ll use his amendatory powers to rewrite the bill and send it back to the Senate over objections to funding…