OTTAWA – State Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, is highlighting the new Open Illinois Checkbook Act that will increase transparency and accountability on Illinois’ finances, by asking the Illinois Comptroller’s Office to publish reports on where tax dollars ...Read more
LASALLE- Two people were arrested Tuesday in LaSalle by the Tri-County Drug Enforcment Narcotics Team for alleged drugs and one person is potentially facing additional charges regarding possible counterfeit currency. TriDent announced they conducted a buy/bust operation in the 300 block of Civic ...Read more
OTTAWA – The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team arrested a Chicago man after a buy/bust operation near Ottawa. On Friday, August 9th around 1:30 PM agents in the 3000 block of North State Route 71 conducted a controlled purchase of approximately 36 grams of purported cocaine ...Read more
OTTAWA – A rural Ottawa motorcycle crash on Tuesday sent a 24-year old man to a Peoria hospital by helicopter. The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office says that they were called to a single vehicle cycle crash around 4:30 PM near 1300 North 2401st Road. Grand Ridge EMS treated Dean Thomas ...Read more
OGLESBY – A 16-year-old from Chicago has died after a crash Monday in Oglesby. According to LaSalle County Coroner William Wujek the multi-motor vehicle crash occurred on Illinois Route 178 in Deer Park Township around 4:45 PM. He was pronounced dead at the scene and his identity is being ...Read more
PRINCETON – Bureau County Board members voted to approve a third installment of real estate tax bills to make up for the tax errors that were discovered in the past few months. The errors and the third installment solution will cost the county around $72,000. Among the tax errors was the ...Read more
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois prosecutor has sued the nation’s largest e-cigarette producer, contending the company intentionally targeted teenagers with a deceptive marketing campaign. The lawsuit filed by Lake County Circuit Court by State’s Attorney Mike Nerheim ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Ride-share company Lyft will pay a $10,000 fine for not alerting the city of Chicago about a suspended driver who was working for Uber when he allegedly killed a cab driver. Lyft admitted it violated Chicago municipal code requiring ride-share companies to notify the city when ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Department of Public Health says a Chicago resident in his 70s is the first confirmed human case of West Nile virus in the state this year. It said Tuesday the man became ill in late July. Department Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike says, “West Nile virus can ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say suspects in an attempted carjacking led police on a high-speed chase from near the Wisconsin border to Chicago 50 miles away after a man fatally shot one of the suspects outside his home. Lake County Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt., Chris Covelli says the juvenile ...Read more
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