3 days agoLocal group delights dozens of youngsters with backpacks for back-to-schoolDozens and dozens of backpacks filled with school supplies were given away Saturday in Springfield on East 8th Street to help 500 children get ready to go back to school.
3 days agoBack-to-school blood drive encourages donations amid shortageLifeSouth Community Blood Centers is encouraging people to give blood during their Back-to-School Blood Drive.
Creature Comfort: Meet the newest member of the Nassau County Sheriff’s OfficeThe Nassau County Sheriff's Office has a new member joining the team -- its first comfort dog.
Legislation would require utilities to start replacing toxic lead pipes throughout the state — except for in Chicagochicagotribune.com
Chicago lags far behind other cities in getting rid of brain-damaging lead pipes. Even if Biden’s $45 billion replacement plan passes, city ‘is ground zero for this problem’chicagotribune.com
Illinois legislators consider following Cook County in making Juneteenth an official holidaychicagotribune.com
Top cop: ‘Dedicated and decorated’ Chicago police officer dies by suicide on Far Southwest Sidechicagotribune.com
As COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Chicago’s hard-hit Latino communities, hope is revived but outreach to Spanish-speakers and skeptics still neededchicagotribune.com
6/08: Holes exposed in TSA terror watch list; Community demands firing of cop in Texas pool party incidentcbsnews.com
