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NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A 77-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman have died after they were struck by a pickup truck while crossing a street in suburban Chicago. Naperville police say the 64-year-old driver of a Toyota Tundra turned left late Wednesday afternoon onto a street where the victims ...Read more

By KATHLEEN FOODY and DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago officials say more than a dozen police officers and supervisors were captured on video “lounging” inside a burglarized congressional campaign office on the city’s South Side as people vandalized and stole ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 766 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state on Thursday, including 91 additional deaths. It’s been one week since the IDPH last announced a daily death toll over 100. There’ve now been a total of 130,603 total cases, ...Read more

OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department is holding a drive-thru COVID-19 Community Based Testing Site beginning June 17th. The site will be open from 9am to 1pm at the LaSalle County Emergency Management Agency Building, and will be run by appointment only. The testing site is open ...Read more

OTTAWA – An Ottawa woman is being held on a million dollars bond after being arrested on drug charges.   The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office and the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Team say they took 21-year-old Claudia D. Smith into custody and charged her with one count of Unlawful ...Read more

OTTAWA, IL  – Gas prices are on the rise, though LaSalle County still has about the lowest prices in North Illinois.  According to AAA, gas prices in Illinois rose nearly 20 cents in the past month.  LaSalle County has the 2nd lowest average gas prices in North Illinois, nearly 18 cents ...Read more

MENDOTA – Mendota District 289 is planning on exploring a number of options for students this fall when classes are set to resume.   Due to the ongoing pandemic, however, it may not be a fully traditional start to the school year.   Superintendent Dr. Kristen School laid out this week the ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed the first mosquitoes to test positive for West Nile this season in Illinois.  A positive mosquito batch was collected May 31 from River Forest and another was found June 5 in Evanston.  No human cases of West Nile virus have ...Read more

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Authorities are investigating interference with radio communications and websites or networks used by police and other officials during protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Although the disruptions in Minnesota, Illinois and Texas aren’t considered ...Read more