OAK PARK, Ill. (AP) � A suburban Chicago man has been arrested on a felony hate crime charge and aggravated assault after he allegedly hurled racial slurs and spit at a Black woman outside a grocery store earlier this month. Alberto Friedmann’s attorney denies that his 53-year-old client used any racial language during the Sept.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) � Illinois Senate President Don Harmon is recovering from what his office describes as a “mild breakthrough� case of COVID-19. The Oak Park Democrat was vaccinated in the spring. A Monday statement from his office says Harmon experienced mild symptoms late last week and he isolated and was tested. Harmon says he’s