A federal judge on Thursday declined to block Illinois' new "medical aid in dying" law from going into effect on Saturday, ruling that the disability rights advocates who brought the case failed to prove "they will suffer irreparable harm without an injunction." Their lawsuit alleged the law, which allows terminally ill adults with less than six months to live to seek life-ending medication from physicians, discriminates against people with disabilities.
Interim Fire Chief Jay Alms released a statement Thursday morning amid public outcry regarding emergency response coverage and the district’s leadership changes.
Record diesel prices hit northern Illinois farmers at one of the most fuel-intensive times of the year, as harvest season approaches and combines, tractors and grain trucks prepare to return to the fields.
More than 100 people packed Belvidere City Hall Tuesday night, with the crowd spilling outside the council chambers and into the hallway, as residents voiced concerns about a potential data center development along Genoa Road.
