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OTTAWA  – State Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, and the Illinois Housing Development Authority have announced the development of a new affordable senior housing complex, planned to be opened in 2020 in the village of Ladd in Bureau County. The project will be located south of Cleveland Street ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Dana-Thomas House State Historic Site will host specialty tours of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed residence in Springfield Saturdays and Sundays in June to highlight the work of women in Illinois’ suffrage initiatives. Susan Lawrence Dana commissioned Frank Lloyd ...Read more

OGLESBY- The two Oglesby Firefighters and an EMT that were injured during a water rescue training exercise on the Vermillion River have been released from the hospital. Around 7 PM Wednesday two ambulances were called to the Oglesby boat launch next to the Ed Hand Bridge for what was described as ...Read more

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — As Federal prosecutors on Wednesday shared with jurors grisly details of how they claim a former University of Illinois doctoral student kidnapped a visiting scholar from China, then brutally beat and killed her, defense attorneys intent on sparing their client a possible ...Read more

CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana teenager accusing of stabbing her mother more than 60 times has been sentenced to 45 years in prison. Seventeen-year-old Chastinea T. Reeves was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty in the February 2017 slaying of 34-year-old Jamie Garnett at their home ...Read more

KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for causing a woman’s death in an alcohol-related snowmobile accident. The Kankakee Journal reports 43-year-old Louis A. Morez of Manteno was convicted of driving under the influence following the 2016 death of ...Read more

OGLESBY- Two Oglesby Firefighters and an EMT were injured during a water rescue training exercise Wednesday night on the Vermillion River. Around 7 PM two ambulances were called to the Oglesby boat launch next to the Ed Hand Bridge for what was described as an explosion.  According to assistant ...Read more

PERU – A 6 million dollar grant was awarded to the city of Peru to improve railroad between Plank Road and Route 251. The Peru Intermodal, Safety, Congestion, and Energy Security Project, is part of a series of projects aimed at improving rail access and expanding the routes needed to ...Read more

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — As Federal prosecutors on Wednesday shared with jurors grisly details of how they claim a former University of Illinois doctoral student kidnapped a visiting scholar from China, then brutally beat and killed her, defense attorneys intent on sparing their client a possible ...Read more