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SPRINGFIELD — The state commission that oversees higher education grants for low-income students detailed the diminishing buying power of state financial aid Thursday during a budget request hearing.

Eric Zarnikow, executive director of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, spent much of his testimony before a Senate appropriations committee breaking down the state’s Monetary Award Program grants, which apply to tuition and fees.

Andrew Freund and JoAnn Cunningham made separate status hearing appearances on Thursday morning at the McHenry County Courthouse in Woodstock. Cunningham's sentencing date has been set for April 30 while Freund chose to waive a jury trial.

NEW YORK (AP) — After six days of being pounded by a virus-induced, global sell-off, U.S.

It was different argument, same result this week for Scott Peters, the Holiday Hills man serving a 135-year prison term for shooting a pair of McHenry County sheriff's deputies, one fatally, in 2014.

A unanimous Second District Appellate Court of Illinois on Tuesday upheld a lower court's denial of Peters' request for a new trial, rejecting his claims that his conviction was the result of fraud, misrepresentation and suppression of evidence.

The decision comes almost exactly two years after the Second District denied Pet

A 24-year-old man from unincorporated Spring Grove is facing multiple DUI charges after colliding head-on with a Lake County Sheriff's Office squad vehicle early Friday morning, according to the sheriff's office.

According to a news release from the sheriff's office, a Lake County deputy was traveling eastbound on Grass Lake Road in unincorporated Antioch at around 1:05 a.m. when a westbound vehicle driven by Carlos R.

Algonquin Township electors filed a petition Tuesday to add an agenda item to the annual township meeting on April 14 regarding the publication of all meeting packets before board meetings.

The effort was led by Kathryn Potter, a Democratic precinct committeeperson for Algonquin Township, who said by allowing meeting attendees to view agenda information ahead of time, results will be nothing but positive.

"We're increasing engagement by transparency," Potter said.

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A house in Crystal Lake was left uninhabitable after a fire Thursday evening.

The Crystal Lake Fire Department was called to 1542 Candlewood Drive at 5:11 p.m, Fire Rescue Chief Paul DeRaedt said.

The first unit on the scene and police officers reported that there was smoke coming from the roof of the building, and fire crews confirmed that there was a fire in a second-floor bedroom.

The home was occupied at the time of the fire.

CRYSTAL LAKE – Blending classical and blues music in a chamber music setting, who said it can’t be done? Led by blues harmonica legend and Chicago Blues Hall of Fame inductee Corky Siegel and his Chamber Blues ensemble, this innovative sound is something that leaves crowds wanting more.

“It’s much easier to do than people think,” Siegel said. “It’s not just crossover music, it’s more of a social phenomenon.

A Wonder Lake man was arrested Monday and charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse and domestic battery, the sheriff's office announced on Thursday.

A concerned family member made a report with the sheriff's office on Monday, Feb.17, after which an investigation was initiated by the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division.