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Autopsy of John Poyer, 88, on Monday determined he died from strangulation; death ruled a homicide [...] Pronounced dead at the scene at 6:35 p.m. Sunday  [...] Nothing on Elgin Police Department Facebook page at 4:49 p.m. Monday [...] Nothing on Elgin Police Department Twitter page at 4:49 p.m. Monday  [...] 500 block of Hiawatha Drive, Elgin ...  * * Doesn't look like any houses on this block -- still checking ...

Accelerating outmigration from Illinois isn’t just a Midwest-to-Sunbelt issue ... Chart shows how Indiana has seen significant improvement since 2009 – in part as outmigration from Illinois has included moves to Indiana [...] Illinois is a Sinkhole State, one of the five worst states in its per-taxpayer burden for the last four years. Outbound moves from Illinois in 2012 were 59.5% of total, reflecting business and citizen concerns about the state's economic health  [...] Eight “Sunshine States,” with better news: Tennessee and Iowa joined Wyoming, North Dakota, Utah, Alaska, Nebraska, and South Dakota Explore accounting data in Illinois [...]

A Coal City firefighter, arrested on suspicion of looting following the tornadoes that struck Illinois Sunday November 17, 2013d has filed a lawsuit against the Will County sheriff's deputy who arrested him [...] Michael W. Barrow, 24, of Coal City, is a part-time firefighter for the Coal City Fire Protection District misunderstanding over cigarette packages ... charges were dropped and Will County Sheriff's office isn't returning phone calls to Morris Daily Herald [...]

The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival parade steps off at 5:30 p.m., travels east on Oak Street from Rush, and down Michigan Avenue to Wacker, where it turns east [...] Post by ABC 7 Chicago . Come and have fun with the Radio Disney Road Crew at Pioneer Court! pic.twitter.com/GY6J7YnQK0 — The Magnificent Mile (@TheMagMile) November 23, 2013 Post by ABC 7 Chicago .

Trooper suffered non-life-threatening injuries when he was pinned by driver on I-88 at about 11:35 a.m. -- IDNR Conservation Police shot and killed offender [...] At 10:44 a.m., a state conservation officer assisted a man driving a minivan with Ohio plates at albany and  roads in Whiteside County, another 9-1-1 call prompted IDNR Conservation Police and Illinois State police to check on him again EB I-88 west of Route 30. Offender made an abrupt U-Turn and rammed the trooper's car with his minivan -- pinning the trooper, who was outside his vehicle [...]

An Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation Police Officer (CPO) on Nov. 20, 2013 responded to a call in Morrison, Illinois in Whiteside County from a farm owner that a large cat had been seen running toward the farm owner’s home and outbuildings coming from a corn field [...] When the IDNR Conservation Police Officer arrived, he found what looked to be cougar weighing over 100 pounds and around five and a half to six feet long. After consulting with the property owners and IDNR law enforcement & wildlife personnel, and at the owner's request, the decision was made to euthanize the cougar [...] Whiteside County Map ... The State of Illinois has confirmed three cougars within in Illinois between 2002 and 2008. One was killed by a train in Randolph County in 2002, one was killed by a hunter in Mercer County in 2004, and a third was shot and killed by Chicago police in the 3400 block of North Hoyne Avenue on the north side of Chicago in April, 2008 [...] Couga...

State Senator Jim Oberweis ways state law shouldn't interfere with consumers who want to buy a car on Sunday, but Chicagoland Automobile Trade Association David Sloan says opening on Sunday might be difficult when financing and financial institutions aren’t open on Sundays [...] Sugar Grove Republican Jim Oberweis tells the Springfield bureau of Lee Enterprises newspapers that he wants to introduce legislation next year allowing Sunday vehicle sales, which have been banned since 1983 [...]