ANNAWAN – A fatal roll over crash was reported in Bureau County early Wednesday morning. According to the Illinois State Police, 24-year-old Jamal R. Rodgers of Chicago had his vehicle parked on the shoulder on I-80 westbound in the area of milepost 39 in Annawan, reportedly to adjust a ...Read more
PERU – Minor injuries were reported in a crash involving a Mendota Fire Department vehicle on Monday. According to the Illinois State Police, just after 9 a.m. 58-year-old Dennis Ruthishauser, the Fire Chief of Mendota was responding to the Witzak Brothers structure fire in Peru with ...Read more
PERU – A press conference Wednesday morning talked about the massive response to the New Years Eve fire in Peru at Witczak Brothers Auto Repair. The building was destroyed that housed the shop, however, nobody was injured in the blaze that drew over 100 firefighters and 22 police officers ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Preliminary numbers indicate that homicides in Chicago fell by about 100 last year compared to 2017, though the total again eclipses the number of homicides in Los Angeles and New York combined, according to data released Tuesday. Police in Chicago, the nation’s third ...Read more
LASALLE – Nearly 60 new Illinois State Police Troopers graduated last Friday morning in Springfield, with a few being assigned to the post in LaSalle. ISP Director Leo Schmitz commissioned the 59 cadets of the Cadet Class 128 after a 27 week training program. Two of the cadets will ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The light rail system used to move passengers around Chicago’s O’Hare Airport is shutting down until next fall. The Automated Transportation Service has only operated on weekends since spring. Starting this week service will be fully suspended and passengers will need ...Read more
ROCK FALLS, Ill. (AP) — Planning officials in a Whiteside County community are opposing a proposed community solar farm just outside its city limits. The Rock Falls Planning Commission recommended that the city object to the project, saying it is incompatible with comprehensive plans of the ...Read more
MORRIS – Farm bureau members in Grundy and Kendall County will vote on a merger this month. According to Kendall Farm Bureau Manager Dan Reedy, his retirement announcement sparked the idea the farm bureau once had several years ago. Reedy who supports the merge, says because over half of ...Read more
DETROIT (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has rejected Michigan’s offer of $8 million to support a project to keep invasive carp from establishing themselves in the Great Lakes, saying the money wouldn’t be useful for at least 10 years. Rauner said in a letter to Michigan Gov. Rick ...Read more
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a man was fatally shot when he attacked police officers following a nearly seven-hour standoff at a Rockford house. Rockford police say a SWAT officer shot 44-year-old Kerry Blake Jr. when he used a large pole against officers who entered the house Sunday ...Read more
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