* Exelon to create 4,200 jobs as it begins series of Illinois projects

Exelon Nuclear said in a statement Monday that the $4.6 million planned program should create more than 4,200 jobs in Illinois over the next five years. The program also includes equipment upgrades at six nuclear plants.

The Zion Station decommissioning is to begin in September as a $1 billion, 10-year project.

* Post tax-credit home sales down nearly 40 percent

The president of the Capital Area Association of Realtors also cautioned in the report the “tax credit hangover” could last for a few more months.

* Sunday heroin bust sets Illinois state record

* Chicago Police Step Up Patrols In High-Crime Areas

* Sun-Times: Feels like clout got ride on Metra gravy train

* Suicides on train tracks up: ‘Copycatting is an element’

* Tollway glitch results in thousands of late violation notices

A mix-up in issuing violation notices to Indiana drivers has the Illinois tollway figuring out how to collect an estimated backlog of $7 million from 116,129 Hoosiers.

The glitch spans nearly two years from summer 2008 to spring 2010 and originated from problems related to duplicate Indiana license plates.

The duplicate license plates meant erroneous violations were going out to Indiana motorists. As a result, the Illinois tollway halted sending out fine notices in May 2008 to reprogram the electronic toll system.

* Tollway interim CEO exits

* Tribune: Changing course

Chancellor Cheryl Hyman and board Chairman Gery Chico are not talking about abolishing City Colleges’ admissions policy.

What they’re saying is that a lot of kids who are admitted to City Colleges’ seven campuses aren’t ready to take college courses. They need an alternative because the current system isn’t serving them or taxpayers well.

Yes, those students hold a diploma, often from a Chicago public high school. But many of them have been finished with high school for several years before they seek to start college. And in some cases, their high school diploma doesn’t count for much. They’re not ready for college.

* 15 Chicago schools could see longer days

In an effort to extend what is one of the nation’s shortest school days, Chicago Public Schools plans to add 90 minutes to the schedules of 15 elementary schools using online courses and nonteachers, sources said.

* CPS Holds Job Fair for Laid-Off Teachers

* FEMA awards Aurora $213,758 for West Side flooding

The project will improve drainage to Orchard Lake and alleviate frequent flooding that has occurred in the neighborhood north of Illinois Avenue on the West Side, FEMA officials said.

* DuPage to look again at infrastructure bond issue

* DuPage sets budget forums

* Kane County freeing up jail expenses

* Mitchell: State making Payday Loan Stores pay up

* AG, Board of Education start online safety program

* Madigan in Decatur to promote Internet safety initiatives

* Doctor records taken offline

* Illinois prison agency expanding job-skills program

* Alligator Still in Chicago River

* Asian carp battle moves to courtroom