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Saturday will be the final day of racing for the venerable track that staged the first horse race with a million-dollar purse 40 years ago and brought legitimacy to international thoroughbreds being shipped over to run in North America.
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Richard Simms, 74, acknowledged diverting money through a fraudulent software invoicing scheme.
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Officials said nearly a dozen fire departments responded to Sunday's fire in the Will County village of Beecher, but by the time the flames were doused St. Paul's Lutheran Church was in ruins.
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The situation began just before 1 p.m. when a 911 caller reported three people struggling in the water. They were found hanging onto a breakwall and pulled out. Roughly an hour later, crews on the beach found "unclaimed belongings" of another person, which sparked the search for the fourth swimmer.
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Friday's hearing is expected to be the last before the trial begins with jury selection on Nov. 1.
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Crestwood Mayor Louis Presta was charged with bribery, tax crimes, and lying to agents.
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St. John Police Chief Steve Flores didn't fault the student for calling 911 although he said he would look into why emergency dispatchers broadcast to officers that it was an active shooting.
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Illinois Attorney General, Kwame Raoul, cautioned it isn't a criminal investigation. The civil investigation was requested in June 2020 by Joliet's mayor and council members about five months after the death of 37-year-old Eric Lurry.
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Similar shots have started at the Detroit Zoo and other zoos in the U.S. Like humans, the animals will get two doses three weeks apart.
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Marek Josko, 67, was sent back to the U.S. in 2020. He was convicted last week in Lake County after a four-day trial.
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People who need a road test, REAL IDs, driver's licenses or ID cards must have an appointment. White's office said new appointment slots will be available each day on cyberdriveillinois.com or people can call (844) 817-4649.
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The cameras are being installed in response to more than 150 highway shootings so far this year, easily passing 128 in all of 2020.