KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) — A judge says he will consider arguments made by lawyers for a woman sentenced to life in prison for aiding in the 1987 kidnapping and death of a northern Illinois businessman. Attorneys for Nancy Rish say she should be re-sentenced under a recent change in Illinois law ...Read more
PERU – Peru City Council members approved a construction easement on Plank Road on Monday night. City Engineer Eric Carls explained that this temporary construction easement was in conjuncture with the work being done on Peoria Street. He explained that the next step with widening Plank ...Read more
OGLESBY – The Oglesby Planning Commission is inviting the public to learn more about the city’s comprehensive plan. At city hall on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. the planning commission will be holding the first of two public meetings to review goals of commercial development, housing and ...Read more
NORTHVILLE – A man has died after a single vehicle crash in Northville Township on Saturday. According to the LaSalle County Sheriff’s and Coroner’s office, 59-year-old Tim J. Christensen of Sandwich was heading northbound on East 29th Road north of N-4550th Road when he ...Read more
CEDAR POINT – No injuries were reported in a structure fire in Cedar Point on Monday. According to Cedar Point assistant fire chief Allen Haeffner, they were called just after 2:30 p.m. for reports of heavy black smoke coming from a 2 story commercial building. The building sustained ...Read more
MORRIS – A man has died after a Sunday evening motorcycle crash in Grundy County. Authorities say 50-year-old Hiram T. Jackson of Morris was traveling east on Route 6 near Ashley Road when for unknown reasons he entered the ditch and hit a wooden post supporting a traffic sign. He was ...Read more
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois state climate scientists say June was rainy in the state with lower temperatures than average. The Illinois State Climatologist Office at the University of Illinois’ Illinois State Water Survey looks at monthly weather trends in the state. The office says ...Read more
STREATOR – A baseball diamond in Streator was damaged by an unknown person or persons over the weekend. On Sunday Streator Police were notified that Owens Ball Field in the 600 block of Iowa Avenue had various parts of its field spray painted. The incident is under investigation. ...Read more
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — The same federal jury that last month convicted a former University of Illinois doctoral student of kidnapping and torturing a scholar visiting from China will now be asked to decide if the man should be executed. Prosecutors will argue Monday that Brendt Christensen should ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Around 18,000 of Chicago’s homeless had a college education in 2017 and more than 13,000 had jobs, according to a study that challenges stereotypes about homelessness. The report, published Tuesday by the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, examined census data from that ...Read more
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