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PERU – A man was arrested on cocaine charges, Friday after an investigation by the Peru Police Department. According to authorities, 39-year-old Kilman R. Johnson of Peru was taken into custody at 2 p.m. by detectives with the Peru Police Department’s Special Investigation unit on a ...Read more

T‪ISKILWA – A building was leveled in what authorities say was an explosion Friday morning in rural Bureau County. According to a Bureau County Sheriff’s Deputy, the cause of the blast has not been determined in the 19000 block of Plow Creek Road. Tiskilwa, Bureau and Princeton ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker is seeking a federal agriculture disaster declaration for all of Illinois following the state’s soggy planting season. Pritzker says in his request to the U.S. Department of Agriculture that winter snow melt and record rain caused rivers to ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The 183rd Wing of the Illinois Air National Guard could start flying F-16s again after spending years repairing them if the state’s two U.S. senators have their way. U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth and Sen. Dick Durbin have proposed an amendment to the National Defense ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The attorney for an ex-lawmaker who won a dispute this week over General Assembly pay says the lawsuit was to “vindicate the independence of each legislator.” Michael Scotti III represents former Elgin Democratic state Sen. Michael Noland. His 2017 lawsuit ...Read more

CHICAGO (AP) — More than a dozen people have been injured after Chicago police say a fight at the annual fireworks show caused panic at Navy Pier. Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says three people were stabbed during the fight that followed the Fourth of July display, which draws ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD – During the Independence Day holiday weekend and throughout the busy summer boating season, Illinois Conservation Police remind boat operators and passengers to stay sober and wear life jackets while on the water. “The last week in June was a particularly sad week for our ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD – Helping to protect the earned wages and tips of workers, state Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, helped pass critical legislation ensuring that employees collect their money. “The working men and women of my district deserve to keep every penny they earn,” said Yednock. “My ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD – The pathogen which causes Sudden Oak Death, a plant disease that has killed large tracts of oaks and affected many native plant species in California, Oregon, and Europe, has been found in Illinois. Phytophthora ramorum, the causal agent of Sudden Oak Death (SOD) has been ...Read more