UNDATED – The Bureau, Putnam, and Marshall County Health Department is reminding residents that the threat of coronavirus locally is low. Health Department Administrator Hector Gomez says although there is no cause yo alter daily routines at this time, there is still a ...Read more
OTTAWA – Minor injuries were reported in a single-vehicle rollover accident on I-80 in Ottawa on Thursday. According to the Illinois State Police, at 12:30 p.m. a 64-year-old Iowa man driving a semi-truck attempted to enter I- 80 from Illinois Route 71 in Ottawa, when he allegedly lost ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s public schools will no longer observe Columbus Day, replacing that October school holiday with Indigenous Peoples Day. The decision by the Chicago Board of Education has aroused the ire of the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans. It’s president, Sergio ...Read more
UTICA – The Utica Fire Department announced Thursday that Chief of Staff Ed Rogers passes away on February 27th. Rogers began serving the district in 1997, and held many roles over the years, including EMS Director and was a president of the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System – District ...Read more
CHICAGO – More than half of all state gas price averages increased in the last week, including Illinois. According to the American Automobile Association, The jumps were caused by a decrease in U.S. gasoline stocks and increases in demand. In LaSalle, Bureau and Putnam Counties, gas ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Government is working with multiple agencies to combat a ransomware attack on its computer network. Earlier this week, the department was made aware of malicious software designed to block access to the system until a ransom is paid. Director of the ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health is taking preventative action to limit the spread of the Coronavirus. According to IDPH, while the virus is not spreading in communities in Illinois, there is evidence of community spread in several countries around the world. IDPH is ...Read more
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (Daily Herald) — A suburban Chicago man charged with last year’s beating death of his 5-year-old son has asked for a judge, not a jury, to decide his fate. Andrew Freund Sr. told McHenry County Judge Robert Wilbrandt that he wants a bench trial during a hearing ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — An attorney for a fired Chicago police officer says his client didn’t intentionally lie about how he saw the fatal 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald by officer Jason Van Dyke. Ricardo Viramontes and three other officers were fired last year because of statements made to an ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has pleaded not guilty to restored charges that accuse him of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself last year and falsely reporting it to Chicago police. His lawyer, Tina Glandian, entered the not guilty pleas on his behalf ...Read more
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