DIXON – A Dixon Police Officer was presented with the Illinois Sheriffs’ Association Medal of Valor award at the Illinois Sheriff’s Winter Conference in Peoria, Monday. Officer Mark Dallas was presented the award for his heroic actions on May 16th 2018, when an active shooter was ...Read more
SYCAMORE – The President and Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Dekalb County has been charged with embezzling funds from the organization. In a press release by the Sycamore Police Department, they say 37-year-old Anthony D. Cvek of Sycamore was charged with ...Read more
Brendt Christensen- 2017 Photo Macon County Illinois Sheriffs Office CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors are building a case, partly on a bloody handprint and the responses of a cadaver-sniffing dog, that a former University of Illinois physics student killed a 26-year-old Chinese scholar in 2017 at ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago apartment building where 10 children died in a fire last summer will be demolished. Attorneys representing the city and the owner of the property reached an agreement on Thursday to tear down the building in the city’s Little Village neighborhood by July 18. The ...Read more
PERU – Hazardous weather is expected for portions of north central and northeast Illinois, according to the national weather service. A flood warning continues for the Illinois River affecting, LaSalle, Bureau and Putnam County. Excessive cold risks will remain in effect for tonight into ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Republican Party announced their opposition to Gov. J.B Pritzker’s minimum wage plan, citing huge cost to taxpayers and small business. State Senator’s Sue Rezin and Joe Barickman raised concerns over the Senate Vote on Senate Bill 1, that would raise ...Read more
OGLESBY – The lower parking areas at Starved Rock State Park will be closed starting Friday, through the weekend due to rising waters along the Illinois River. According to Illinois Department of Natural Resources Coordinator Lisa Sons, waters are projected to reach 24.9′ as of ...Read more
MORRIS – Morris Hospitals and Health Care centers is implementing a temporary visitors restriction, effective immediately. The recommendation stems from the Illinois Department of Public Health in response to state influenza activity level, which is currently widespread. According to a ...Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — A veterinarian who surgically implanted liquid heroin in puppies on behalf of Colombian drug traffickers was sentenced to six years in prison Thursday. One of the puppies went on to become a drug-detection dog named Heroina. The sentence for Andres Lopez Elorez was announced in ...Read more
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby has been moved to the general population but hasn’t had any visits from family four months after arriving at a Pennsylvania state prison. The 81-year-old Cosby, who is legally blind, has been moved out of special housing where he spent time getting ...Read more
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