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WASHINGTON – Standing before a Congress and nation sharply divided by impeachment, President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address Tuesday to extol a “Great American Comeback” on his watch, just three years after he took office decrying a land of “American carnage” under his predecessor.

The partisan discord was apparent for all to see as the first president to campaign for reelection while facing impeachment vigorously made his case for another term: Republican legislators chanted “Four More Years.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rippe

It started with a rumor in a Facebook group.

The state government's push under former Gov. Bruce Rauner to have 80% of all Illinois Medicaid recipients – including all children under the care of the Department of Children and Family Services – enrolled in a managed health care plan was almost here.

Grace Brown, a pediatric nurse from Wadsworth, is a foster mom to four children, all 4 years old or younger, all of whom require specialized medical care.

SPRINGFIELD – A pair of gun rights advocacy groups are suing the Illinois State Police, its director and the chief of the Illinois State Police Firearms Services Bureau for “not acting in a timely manner on Firearm Owner Identification card and concealed carry applications.”

The Illinois State Rifle Association and the Second Amendment Foundation filed the lawsuit in U.S.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Clouded by doubts on a chaotic day-after, the Iowa Democratic Party began releasing partial results of the state's first-in-the-nation presidential caucus on Tuesday.

The data, made public for the first time nearly 24 hours after voting concluded, reflected the results of 62% of precincts in the state.

While campaigns were eager to spin the results to their advantage, there was little immediate indication that the incomplete results eased the confusion and concern that loomed over the opening co

The Crystal Lake Police Department issued 33 additional traffic citations after a recent Super Bowl enforcement campaign this past weekend.

These citations included 10 for unlawful use of an electronic communications device; 15 for speeding; four citations for failure to wear a seat belt; two citations for operation of an uninsured motor vehicle; and two for other moving violations and equipment.

Glenview Battalion Chief Lawrence Kane will report for duty Monday as the Harvard Fire Protection District’s new fire chief.

Roger Hugg, president of the Harvard Fire Protection District's Board of Trustees, said in a news release that Kane was selected to be the new chief following a candidate review and evaluation performed by the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association.

Following this process, two names were presented to the board for final consideration.

Singer Maureen Christine and woodwind artist Michael Bazan bring their talents to McHenry County College on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 3 p.m. with “Ain’t Misbehavin’: Songs of the Roaring Twenties.” The performance will be held in the Luecht Auditorium, 8900 U.S. Highway 14 in Crystal Lake.

Maureen Christine is a national recording artist and award-winning singer known for her crystal-clear voice. She has opened for Willie Nelson, shared the stage with pop star Barry Manilow, and performed for astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A new mobile app was supposed to help Democratic officials quickly gather information from some 1,700 caucus sites throughout Iowa. Instead, it's being blamed for delays that left the results unknown the morning after the first-in-the nation nominating contest.

Glitches with a new mobile app Monday caused confusion, and some caucus organizers were forced to call in results for the state party to record manually, introducing delays and the possibility of human error.

SPRINGFIELD – Former state Sen. Martin Sandoval and SafeSpeed LLC, the red-light camera company at the center of federal corruption charges against him, are now the targets of a racketeering lawsuit that seeks to void tens of thousands of traffic citations issued through the company’s devices.

Lawrence Gress, a Downers Grove resident and lead plaintiff in the case, filed the suit Monday under the federal Racketeering, Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, a law most often used to prosecute organized crime syndicates.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's coveted position as the first-in-the-nation nominating contest faces its most daunting challenge in decades in light of problems that kept the state Democratic Party from reporting results.

The caucuses were already facing plenty of headwinds amid criticism that the overwhelmingly white state isn't representative of the country's diversity. And the final weeks of the campaign were complicated by President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, which sidelined several candidates and left Iowa eerily quiet at a pivotal moment.