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Illinois State Board of Elections receives 'suspicious' package
Illinois State Board of Elections Office receives suspicious package
A growing list of election offices have been targeted nationwide.
CHICAGO – A growing number of election offices across the nation have been targeted with suspicious packages as early voting begins in several states.
Illinois is now on that list.
The Illinois State Board of Elections confirmed they received a suspicious letter on Friday.
“We are very vigilant; we have been for some time now. We will continue to be vigilant. This isn’t something voters should be worried about,” said Matt Dietrich of the IL State Board of Elections.
The letter had a return address from an entity calling itself USTEA, the U.S. Traitor Elimination Army.
Suspicious letters were also sent to 20 other state election boards.
Officials said that upon receiving the package, it was immediately turned over to police and fire authorities, who later determined it was not harmful.
Despite this, authorities say there is an increased sense of awareness during the campaign season.
The FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating.
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (KWQC) – The IHSA football playoffs will be expanding by 50 percent in 2026.
IHSA member schools approved an amendment to expand the playoffs from 32 teams per class to 48.
There will still be 8 classifications increasing the total number of playoff teams from 256 to 384.
As a result of the change, the start of the season will be moved up by a week in August to allow the season to still finish with State Championship games the week of Thanksgiving.
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A woman was found dead near a shopping center in Schaumburg, Illinois early Tuesday, and a man was taken into police custody.
Around 5:25 a.m., Schaumburg police were called to the 100 block of South Roselle Road. They found a woman dead at the scene.
Police said a man was taken into custody at the scene.
The investigation so far indicates that the incident was domestic, and the man and woman knew each other.
Police said the incident was isolated and there was no threat to the public. But there was a large police presence at the scene, and alternate routes were advised.
PRINCETON, Ill. (WMTV) – The Illinois State Patrol is investigating a death after officials found a suspect’s vehicle wanted in connection to a Wisconsin homicide, Illinois State Police reported.
Just before 10 p.m. on December 10, ISP troopers and several other agencies attempted to pull a vehicle over in Princeton, Illinois, that was wanted in a Rock County homicide.
Officials did not specify which Rock Co. case this incident is connected to.
Princeton is about an hour and 45 minutes away from Rock County, Wisconsin.
After the driver did not pull over, police chased the vehicle into the Great Sauk Trail Rest Area on I-80 westbound.
When officers went up to the vehicle, authorities stated the driver was found dead with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Authorities did not identify the driver.
ISP is working with the Bureau County State’s Attorney’s Office in this investigation.
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