OTTAWA – LaSalle County Board declared August 25-31 Overdose Awareness Week. Lori Brown, of Buddy’s Purpose, an organization that seeks to bring awareness to overdoses and to comfort those who have lost loved ones to overdoses, spoke to the board on Thursday about her organization. Brown ...Read more
OTTAWA – LaSalle County Health Department is offering a free mobile Hepatitis C screening clinic with the OSF King Care-A- Van in Streator. The mobile clinic will be held from 1:30 -3:30 p.m. Monday in the Streator City Park, South lot, at 301 N. Vermillion Street. The finger stick ...Read more
MENDOTA – A 47-year-old man from West Chicago was shot in the leg with non-life threatening injuries on Saturday night in Mendota. The Mendota Police Department say the injury took place near 5th Avenue and 6th Street and was an isolated event unrelated to any other reported incidents. ...Read more
BENSENVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A 14-year-old boy has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old friend in suburban Chicago. The DuPage County State’s Attorney office says the teen was released to his parents on home detention following a hearing ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Health officials say at least six young people were recently hospitalized in Illinois after experiencing severe breathing problems possibly related to vaping. The Illinois Department of Public Health said Friday the young people experienced symptoms that included chest pains, ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — State officials are recognizing three people for a commitment to volunteering at state parks and recreation areas. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has announced recipients of this year’s Outstanding Volunteers of the Year awards. They were honored for ...Read more
STREATOR – One man is in custody after a reported stabbing with what authorities described as a ‘Rambo’ style knife in South Streator on Wednesday. The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office say around 4 AM they were called to the Carriage Lane Estates and found a victim ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — New legislation requires kennels in Illinois to always be staffed and have sprinklers or alarms that ring at the local firehouse, after a fire this year killed dozens of dogs. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the bill into law on Tuesday, and it went into effect immediately. It came in ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago mother is suing two police departments, claiming a SWAT team officer shot her son during a raid of her home earlier this year. The lawsuit asserts that during the raid in May, officers handcuffed Crystal Worship’s 13-year-old son and one officer pointed ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared an agriculture disaster in all 102 Illinois counties, citing historic flooding across the state this year. The declaration Thursday will allow farmers that experienced extreme delays in spring planting to access federal ...Read more
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