STREATOR – Crops in southern LaSalle County are showing the effects of a mostly dry summer. According to LaSalle County Farm Bureau President David Isermann, the recent rainfall this week only touched down in northern parts of the county, leaving crops south of the Illinois ...Read more
SHABBONA – The Dekalb County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information into a series of car burglaries in Shabbona this week. According to the Dekalb County Crime Stoppers, at some time during the overnight hours of Tuesday and Wednesday, several car burglaries and two shed ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) learned of the death of an individual who had recently vaped and was hospitalized with severe respiratory illness. The number of cases of people reported to IDPH who have used e-cigarettes or vaped and have been hospitalized with ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The troubling scene inside the dingy Chicago apartment seems real: dangling exposed wires, open pill bottles near a sleeping baby and a kitchen strewn with dog feces and cockroaches. But the mock apartment — with a lifelike infant doll, candles emitting foul smells and plastic ...Read more
SHABBONA – An early Friday morning two vehicle crash sent an Ottawa man to a Rockford hospital via helicopter. According to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office around 6 AM they were called to the intersection of Illinois Route 23 and Chicago Road for an SUV vs Car crash. Police say ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois judge seems close to appointing a special prosecutor to look into why state prosecutors abruptly dropped charges against actor Jussie Smollett accusing him of staging a racist, anti-gay attack against himself. A hearing Friday will be one of the first opportunities ...Read more
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A summer filled with train disruptions for New Orleans visitors has reached its end as Amtrak has restored full service on its Chicago-to-New Orleans line. The McComb Enterprise-Journal reports the line was restored Wednesday after months of terminating in Jackson, ...Read more
MENDOTA – Northbrook School’s Principal will be apart of Mendota’s Police and Fire Commission. At this week’s city council meeting, Mayor Boelk appointed Paula Daley to the position. Daley says she fell in love with Mendota after moving to the town a few years back and ...Read more
OTTAWA – Local unemployment rates have increased slightly after steady numbers since June. According to the Illinois Department of Employment Security, LaSalle County holds the highest percentage of unemployed persons locally, at 4.9, compared to 4.6 last month. Putnam ...Read more
PONTIAC – A Peoria woman has been charged with possession after police seized nearly 40 pounds of alleged cannabis during a traffic stop in Pontiac. According to the Illinois State Police, on Thursday morning, a trooper stopped a passenger vehicle after observing a traffic violation when ...Read more
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