CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has put the state’s national guard in a “state of readiness” in anticipation of an announcement on whether charges will be filed in the police killing of Breonna Taylor. In a statement late Tuesday, Pritzker’s office said if ...Read more
SPRING VALLEY – Spring Valley Police Chief Kevin Sangston will be retiring this month after a 31-year career, and he was honored at the Monday night City Council meeting. Mayor Walt Marini said that police officers must exercise authority, leadership, compassion, empathy, critical thinking, ...Read more
MARSEILLES – A Marseilles man was seriously injured after a Monday evening crash. Around 6 PM the Marseilles Police Department were called to the area of 300 Broadway Street where they found a vehicle had struck a home, injuring 51-year-old John A. Hrouda. He was airlifted to a Rockford ...Read more
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois has tweaked how business owners seeking recreational marijuana licenses can apply. The move comes after complaints that the process favored politically connected and rich applicants over minorities and veterans who were supposed to ...Read more
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers says planned levee and floodwall projects in seven states include 101 where levees are an average of 2 feet too low. A news release Tuesday said the agency will hold online public meetings Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 about its environmental impact ...Read more
PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam, & Marshall County Health Departments reported seven new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday. They also announced they will be offering drive through testing at the Bureau County Health Department on Wednesday’s in September by appointment only. Please call to get ...Read more
STREATOR – The Streator Area United Way held a meeting Tuesday night where they learned that they are over one-fifth of the way to the goal they set for pledged fundraising in 2020. So far they have taken in $55,494 of the nearly $270,000 they hope to raise. Josh Biros, 2020 Campaign ...Read more
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a resident of a northern Illinois home fatally shot two men he claims were trying to break in. The alleged attempted burglary early Tuesday occurred in Waukegan. Police say a person in the home allegedly confronted two males, one of them armed, inside the ...Read more
GENESEO – A 30-year-old man is dead after allegedly firing on Henry County deputies during a traffic stop on Tuesday. The Henry County Sheriff’s Office say that around 4 AM they attempted to stop a truck in a traffic stop. The vehicle fled, then brake-checked the troopers vehicle, ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 1,531 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, and 30 confirmed deaths. Tuesday’s numbers bring to 277,266 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic and 8,486 deaths. The health department reports the ...Read more
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