CHICAGO (AP) — Metra, the Chicago area’s commuter rail agency, is making it cheaper for parents to take part in Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. In a news release, Metra says it will allow up to three youths 18 or younger to ride its trains for free on Thursday when they board ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Police reports indicate that the 5-year-old boy who went missing from a suburban Chicago home had been living in squalor as recently as December when an officer dispatched to the scene said the “smell of feces” in a bedroom was overwhelming. The Crystal Lake Police ...Read more
MARION, Ill. (AP) — The man who was the longest-serving mayor in Illinois has died at age 92. According to Hughes Funeral Home former Marion Mayor Bob Butler died Monday at age 92 at an assisted living center in Herrin. Butler served as the southern Illinois city’s mayor for nearly 55 ...Read more
SPRING VALLEY – A cell tower that Spring Valley leases is peaking interest. In a city council meeting on Monday, talks of selling the tower located by the city’s water treatment plant continued, with the news of two other outfits interested in the property. Vertical Bridge company ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Governor J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation announced awarding more than $5.5 million to communities including LaSalle and Bureau County, for projects that encourage students to walk or bike to school. The city of LaSalle and DePue were each awarded ...Read more
OTTAWA – An Joliet man is in custody on multiple charges after a burglary investigation in Ottawa earlier this month. According to the Ottawa Police Department, on April 12th they took a report of a vehicle burglary, where a woman’s purse was allegedly stolen. Authorities say after ...Read more
LASALLE – Joe Jeppson and Jordan Crane were sworn in as the new 3rd and 4th ward alderman, respectively, at Monday night’s city council meeting in LaSalle. Jeppson replaced Brian Sellett, who joined in November of last year after Alderman Brian Duncan’s resignation. Jordan Crane beat ...Read more
SPRING VALLEY – Spring Valley is considering billing for fire calls to acquire funds for the fire department. According to Alderman Mike Herrmann, the finance committee met with a billing company in Mendota that provides reimbursements from emergency calls via the insurance companies of ...Read more
O’FALLON, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in southern Illinois say they are searching for the husband of a woman whose body was found set afire inside a vehicle. St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr. identified the victim as 35-year-old Sherry Billups of O’Fallon. Billups was pronounced ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The mother of a 5-year-old suburban Chicago boy who went missing last week is refusing to cooperate with detectives, police said Monday. JoAnn Cunningham has declined to say anything further to police since her initial report that Andrew “AJ” Freund had disappeared ...Read more
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