Illinois
Missing Person Search And Rescue Team Training In Tinley Park Tuesday
TINLEY PARK, IL — Presence of a search and rescue team in Tinley Park on Tuesday is only a drill, Village officials said.
The Tinley Park Fire Department will be participating in mutual aid training on Tuesday, July 9 at Station 49, 7801 W. 191st Street. The Search & Rescue Strike Team will be using the fire station and will be in the surrounding residential area from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Signs will be posted.
The search and rescue team is made up of fire departments across Northern Illinois that specialize in locating missing people. The team utilizes drones, K-9s and an ATV in the field when searching for a missing person. The team trains twice a month to ensure members are regularly practicing their skills, officials said.
Illinois
Big changes coming to Illinois driver’s licenses, but there’s a catch
The Illinois Secretary of State’s Office has implemented numerous changes in recent years, but two dramatic shifts are on the horizon.
The most noteworthy change is a bill passed by the Illinois General Assembly that would allow the Secretary of State’s Office to issue driver’s licenses that will remain valid for double the current four-year term.
Under the provisions of SB 0275, Illinois motorists will be given the option to receive a driver’s license that would remain valid for eight years, a similar figure to those offered by states like Florida and Georgia.
That change won’t go into effect immediately in 2025, as the General Assembly has mandated that the Secretary of State’s Office formulate rules and policies related to the eight-year license, and to submit those rules by Jan. 1., 2027.
The new licenses would then be offered no later than July 1, 2027, according to officials.
Another significant change will impact Illinois residents sooner than that, with the Secretary of State’s Office having the ability to issue mobile ID cards and driver’s licenses by the end of 2025.
The new policy would allow motorists or residents to download a specialized app that would display their identification cards on a mobile device, with law enforcement and other entities required to accept that type of identification.
The bill does not require motorists or residents to have the mobile ID cards.
Finally, Illinois and other states will face a soft deadline of May 7, 2025 to require that identification cards be REAL ID-compliant in order to enter federal facilities, or when passing through TSA checkpoints at airports.
There is still some uncertainty of how strictly that policy will be enforced, as it is possible the TSA will instead implement a warning system to alert passengers whose identification cards aren’t compliant with the legislation.
More information can be found on the TSA’s website.
Illinois
PHOTOS: See the 10 designs that could soon become Illinois' new state flag
Illinois could soon see a new state flag as part of a contest from the Illinois Secretary of State, which was whittled to 10 entries from nearly 5,000.
Tuesday, the Illinois Flag Commission revealed their 10 choices for the public balloting, which is set to take place in January, according to officials.
Those flags, along with previous Illinois flags and the state’s current banner, will go up for a public vote. The commission will then make their recommendations to the state’s General Assembly later in 2025, officials said.
The contest opened in September, with guidelines saying the design “must reflect the identity of Illinois. Officials said there is no limit on what colors must be used, but a loose guideline was that flag designs should have three or fewer colors.
Design elements could include natural features of the state, history and culture of the state, an announcement said. According to officials, there was no limit on flag shape or ration, but designs were subject to being edited by the commission.
Those who submitted a flag design for consideration were also required to provide an entry explaining their relationship to Illinois, as well as a description of their design.
Here are the 10 designs chosen by the commission. The descriptions and meaning behind each flag can be found here.
Photos: Illinois flag design proposals released by commission
Under provisions of SB 1818, voters will get an opportunity to choose between the flag designs published by the committee, but the final say on whether the state will adopt a new banner, and which banner will fly over the Capitol, belongs to the General Assembly.
Illinois’ current flag incorporates the state’s official seal, which was adopted in 1869. The flag itself was adopted in 1915, with a small addition of the state’s name added in 1970, according to the Flag Commission’s website.
Numerous states have adopted new flags in recent years, including Minnesota, who designed and unveiled a new banner in 2024.
Mississippi and Utah have also unveiled new flags, though other states have made minor changes to their designs or have codified specific standards for their banners.
Rankings of state flags have routinely put Illinois on the lower end of the list, with critics pointing to the state’s use of the official seal rather than a unique design.
Illinois
Kasparas Jakucionis scores 24 points and Tre White has 23 as Illinois beats No. 20 Wisconsin
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Kasparas Jakucionis scored a career-high 24 points, Tre White had 23 points and eight rebounds and Kylan Boswell added 19 points and six assists to lead Illinois to an 86-80 win over No. 20 Wisconsin on Tuesday night.
It was the fourth straight game in which Jakucionis scored 20 or more points for the Illini (7-2, 1-1 Big Ten), who beat Wisconsin for the ninth consecutive time.
Nolan Winter led the Badgers (8-3, 0-2) with 15 points and seven rebounds, John Tonje had 14 points, Max Klesmit scored 13 and John Blackwell had 10. Wisconsin lost its third straight game after opening the season with eight consecutive victories.
Illinois led 39-35 at halftime. The Illini fell behind 47-46 with 16:32 left in the second half before regaining the lead on a 3-pointer by Boswell. They never trailed again.
It was the 150th win in Brad Underwood’s eighth year as the Illinois coach. He’s now 150-90.
Takeaways
Illinois: The Illini aren’t afraid to shoot 3’s, but that didn’t affect Wisconsin. Illinois went 10 for 33 from long range.
Wisconsin: The Badgers have two of the top free throw shooters in the Big Ten in Klesmit and Tonje. But, neither got to the line in the first half and Klesmit (3 of 6) and Tonje (2 of 2) didn’t shoot many free throws in the second half.
Key moment
Jakucionis’ four-point play with 6:08 left put Illinois up 70-60. The Badgers never got closer than four points after that.
Key stat
Underwood challenged his team following its overtime loss to Northwestern last week to do a better job on the offensive boards. The Illini responded, grabbing 15 offensive rebounds while outrebounding the Badgers 40-29. Tomislav Ivisic had a game-high 11 rebounds for Illinois.
Up next
Illinois will host No. 1 Tennessee on Saturday. Butler is at Wisconsin on Saturday.
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