SPRINGFIELD – Illinois reported 1,532 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, along with 19 additional deaths. The state health department has reported 168,457 total cases with 7,385 deaths since the start of the pandemic. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 44,330 specimens for ...Read more
PERU – A man whose last known residence was Peru is in custody on drug charges for meth distribution. Peru Police say 35-year-old Anthony J. Williams allegedly delivered Methamphetamine as part of an undercover police investigation led by members of the Peru Police Department Special ...Read more
OTTAWA – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced that LaSalle County is considered to be at a warning level for COVID-19. The IDPH reported that a county enters a warning level when two or more COVID-19 risk indicators increase. They state that the county has seen outbreaks ...Read more
PERU – The Peru Police Department announced Friday that they arrested an alleged Ecstasy dealer after a multi-department investigation. Around 8:45 AM Friday they took 23-year-old Ryan E. McSherry into custody in the 600 block of Marquette Street in LaSalle. Authorities say McSherry ...Read more
STREATOR – A home was reportedly damaged by gunfire in Streator Friday. The Streator Police Department say that they were called to a home in the 400 block of East 12th Street around 3:30 AM for shots allegedly being fired. It was determined that the home was struck and damage was ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A statue of Christopher Columbus that drew chaotic protests in Chicago was taken down early Friday amid a plan by President Donald Trump to dispatch federal agents to the city. Photos and video from Grant Park show a large crane removing the statue from its pedestal. Several work ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Federal prosecutors recently made clear that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is a subject of a criminal investigation into influence peddling to benefit an energy utility. The question now is whether the Democrat and the nation’s longest serving statehouse speaker ...Read more
By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A collection of Chicago activist groups want a judge to block federal agents sent to the city to combat violent crime from interfering in or policing protests. In a lawsuit filed Thursday, the groups say the surge will inhibit residents’ ...Read more
URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after admitting to repeatedly raping a child a decade ago. In sentencing Gregory Reed of Mahomet on Thursday, Champaign County Judge Tom Difanis called him “sexually dangerous” man who should never be ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Residents in six central and southern Illinois counties filed lawsuits Thursday against state-ordered restrictions on social interaction prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic.The actions taken in Bond, Clay, Clinton, Edgar, Richland and Sangamon counties seek court orders ...Read more
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