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The Department of Health and Human Services promised tens of thousands of testing kits to states around the country but it's not known how many kits will go to Illinois. Right now, the state has roughly 2,200 kits.
A Kankakee girl took her fight to Springfield on Tuesday to help kids sell lemonade.
"You're going to have firefighters more than likely dressed up with masks, goggles, gowns and that's per the recommendations of the CDC."
Opening statements are set to begin Tuesday in the murder trial of a man charged with killing Chicago Police Commander Paul Bauer.
"I am going to have a lot of empty seats, I tell you that right now."
Chicago police Sgt. John Poulos was found liable in a civil case in the shooting death on an Englewood teen in 2016. The family of Kajaun Raye was awarded $1 million in damages.
A jury on Tuesday awarded $5.2 million to Stanley Wrice, a man who said he was tortured by corrupt Chicago Police detectives into confessing to a brutal rape in 1982.
The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission on Tuesday recommended that former Gov. Rod Blagojevich be disbarred.
A man stood charged with driving under the influence Tuesday in connection with a crash in Niles last week.
Effective immediately, all priests, deacons, altar servers and ministers handling communion must wash their hands before mass and use an alcohol-based anti-bacterial solution before and after distributing communion.
The victim was hit in the head and was pronounced dead at the scene. There were no other injuries reported.
The number of cases has been on the rise as new guidelines from health officials gave more labs the go-ahead to conduct tests. Faulty kits from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention initially led to delayed and inconclusive results.
Current Chief Justice Anne M. Burke heralded Freeman as someone with a sharp legal mind who broke down barriers throughout his life.
Two tornadoes touched down in central Tennessee early Tuesday, killing at least five people, authorities said.
A small plane crashed on I-55 in Lincoln, Illinois Tuesday morning.
