LASALLE – Farmers are experiencing the effects of the government shutdown, through vital departments like the USDA. According to LaSalle County’s Farm Bureau President David Isermann, various loan and compensations programs for farmers are now inaccessible. Isermann says specialty ...Read more
ILLINOIS – A donation shortfall over the winter holidays is prompting the American Red Cross to issue an emergency call for blood donors, to prevent a blood shortage from continuing throughout winter. According to the Red Cross, they collected nearly 30,000 fewer blood and platelet ...Read more
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A U.S. judge in California on Sunday blocked Trump administration rules, which would allow more employers to opt out of providing women with no-cost birth control, from taking effect in 13 states, including Illinois and Washington, D.C. Judge Haywood Gilliam granted a ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois welcomes its 43rd governor as Democrat J.B. Pritzker is inaugurated in Springfield. Pritzker takes the reins from Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday. Pritzker defeated the first-term Republican in November. First Presbyterian Church hosts an interfaith service. ...Read more
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — Prosecutors will seek a life sentence for a suburban Chicago man accused of beating a 4-year-old girl to death after she spilled juice on an Xbox video console. Prosecutors said “heinous” circumstances justify the sentence for 19-year-old Johnathan Fair, of ...Read more
SYCAMORE, Ill. (AP) — A 22-year-old DeKalb County man has had his probation revoked and must serve out a five-year prison sentence after failing to register as a sex offender. 22-year-old Cody P. Lynch, of Sycamore, was charged with rape of a 13-year-old girl in 2015 and pleaded guilty ...Read more
FRANKLIN GROVE – A Lee County man is dead after a Friday morning head on crash in Ogle County. In a release by the Ogle County Sheriff’s Office, they say that a 28-year-old Byron man was traveling south and 49-year-old Michael Chavera of Dixon was traveling north on Lowden Road around ...Read more
DOWNERS GROVE – A vehicle has struck and killed an Illinois State Police Trooper Saturday afternoon. ISP Director Leo P. Schmitz announced the line of duty death of District 15 (Downers Grove) Trooper Christopher Lambert. Trooper Lambert was on the scene of a three-vehicle traffic crash in the ...Read more
PAW PAW – The top job at the Paw Paw Fire Department goes to Robert Edwards, who replaces Chief Joseph Mulcahy in an announcement made Friday. Also announced was the promotion of Brian Milton to Assistant Fire Chief. ...Read more
PEORIA – A man is dead after being shot early Saturday in Peoria. Peoria Police say around 5 a.m. shot spotter alerted them to an incident in the 2300 block of West Marquette Street. Officers discovered an adult male with gunshot wounds in the backyard of a residence. He was ...Read more
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