Officials reported that two deputies with the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office in Alabama were injured in a shooting Wednesday afternoon. Bibb County District Attorney Michael Jackson said that the deputies were chasing the driver of a stolen car after 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Brierfield community ...Read more
MENDOTA – The Mendota Elementary School District announced that they will resume charging for breakfast and lunch. During the pandemic, the state of Illinois was providing meals for free, however, there has been no indication that they will continue to extend that program for next school ...Read more
OTTAWA – A LaSalle man is in custody after authorities captured over two-hundred purported LSD tablets on Monday. According to the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team, agents conducted a buy/bust operation in LaSalle and were provided with over two hundred acid tabs ...Read more
OTTAWA – Ottawa authorities have reported a body found in the Fox River in Ottawa on Tuesday. According to Ottawa Police Detective Sergeant Kyle Booras, just before 7 p.m. on Tuesday, police were sent to the Fox River near the 100 block of E Jefferson St for a report of a male subject who ...Read more
STREATOR – The Streator Police Department is looking for information regarding stolen catalytic converters. According to Deputy Chief Robert Wood, on Monday, officers received a report from a local business in the 1800 block of North Bloomington Street., where they allegedly ...Read more
LASALLE – A fire that caused significant damage to a Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurant on Tuesday morning in LaSalle is being investigated. According to LaSalle’s Fire Chief Jerry Janick, firefighters were called just after 2 a.m. to the 100 block of 3rd Street in ...Read more
OTTAWA – Area law enforcement agencies have announced plans for stepped-up July Fourth traffic enforcement with a focus on impaired and unbuckled drivers. The safety campaign will run through the early-morning hours of July 5 to encompass three summer weekends leading up to and after ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – A land conservation program that has not been accepting new acres since 2015 has now reopened for new enrollment. Farmers, ranchers and agricultural landowners with property prone to flooding and nutrient runoff will have the opportunity to enroll in Illinois’ Conservation ...Read more
GAYAN, Afghanistan — State media say at least five people were killed when another, smaller earthquake struck an area of eastern Afghanistan that experienced a devastating quake earlier this week. The state-run Bakhtar News Agency said the quake shook Paktika’s Gayan District on Friday ...Read more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday it is taking Juul Labs e-cigarettes and other vaping products off the market. The decision comes after the FDA completed a nearly two-year review of the manufacturer’s application to sell its vaping device and tobacco- and ...Read more
