PERU – The identity of the possible victim of the multi-state truck driver serial killer remains a mystery, as authorities are examining bones found during the search Wednesday of a property on May Road near Peru. Convicted murderer Dellmus Colvin recalled the night around fifteen years ago ...Read more
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — More than 250 people have been arrested since the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha. Police in the southeastern Wisconsin city provided an update Thursday. Blake, a Black man, was shot by a white police officer on Aug. 23, sparking three nights of unrest that ...Read more
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The federal government has told states to prepare for a coronavirus vaccine to be ready to distribute by Nov. 1. The timeline raised concern among public health experts about an “October surprise” — a vaccine approval driven by political considerations ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A northern Illinois man who was recently paroled from prison is being held without bond for allegedly stabbing to death his grandparents, with whom he was living. Cook County prosecutors say 21-year-old Romel Tyson sat quietly in a room of his grandparents’ Markham home ...Read more
PERU – Even with the ripple effect of Hurricane Laura disrupting supply, Labor Day Weekend fuel prices are expected nationwide to be at a four year low. According to AAA, the nationwide average price per gallon of gas is $2.32, twelve cents above the low of $2.20 in 2016. Locally, LaSalle ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department received confirmation that mosquitoes from Ottawa tested positive for West Nile virus. The mosquitoes were collected on September 3rd and Environmental Health staff were able to conduct the confirmatory test on the mosquitoes at the Health ...Read more
PONTIAC – Four more residents of Livingston County have tested positive for coronavirus disease. The Livingston County Health Department on Thursday say a woman in her 60’s is currently hospitalized battling COVID-19. Three other new cases were recovering at home in isolation. ...Read more
PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam and Marshall County Health Department on Thursday announced 18 new cases of COVID-19, including an infection in a toddler. This brings the total since the pandemic began to 427 cases, with sixty-nine of those cases coming in the last seven days. Bureau County ...Read more
OTTAWA – Another LaSalle County resident, a male in his 80’s, has died from COVID-19 related complications. The LaSalle County Health Department announced the 51st death in the county on Thursday, along with 15 additional cases. Statewide, the IDPH reported 1,360 new cases along with 25 ...Read more
SUBLETTE – A farm shed suffered serious damage in a fire in rural Lee County on Wednesday. The Sublette and Amboy Fire Departments were called to the 200 block of Rockyford Road west of Sublette around 5 PM for a metal shed that had a significant fire at one end. It took about five minutes ...Read more
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