CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear former Chicago-area police officer Drew Peterson’s appeal of his murder conviction in the drowning death of his third wife. The Chicago Sun-Times reports the high court refused Monday to take up Peterson’s bid to have his ...Read more
CULLOM – A woman from Champaign County has died after vehicle collided with a semi in rural Livingston County. In a release from the Livingston County Coroners office, the 58-year-old was in a car near Cullom, Illinois when she was in a crash with a semi-tractor trailer on Sunday afternoon. ...Read more
OTTAWA – Certified letters will be issued to LaSalle County residents if they don’t pay their taxes by Friday, according to the LaSalle County Treasurer’s Office. In a letter from LaSalle County Treasurer James Spelich, real estate taxes must be paid on or before Friday at 8 ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke’s attorneys are closing in on their last witnesses and it’s still not clear whether Van Dyke will take the stand himself to testify about the night he fatally shot Laquan McDonald. Defense attorneys are expected to continue ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — An appeals court in Chicago has ordered that two people convicted of selling synthetic marijuana be resentenced after finding errors by their sentencing judge. The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin reports a three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that, contrary ...Read more
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — DuPage County’s health department says an elderly person has died of West Nile virus — the first human death of the virus in the county in four years. The person who died became ill in early September. The county’s health department didn’t release ...Read more
OTTAWA – A Registered Nurse and a Patient Care Technician were two recent recipients of the DAISY and Sunflower Awards offered by OSF HealthCare. Both caregivers were honored during a brief ceremony held on September 24, 2018. Paula Zimmerman, RN, of Ottawa was given the DAISY Award which ...Read more
By JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Some of the illegally dumped nuclear waste buried near a long-smoldering underground fire at a Missouri landfill will be dug up and the rest will be capped under a federal plan announced Thursday. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ...Read more
MENDOTA- Pink Heals made house calls to Mendota Saturday afternoon visiting two residents who are battling cancer. The visit from Leslie, the pink fire engine from the Sauk Valley Chapter visited Ashlee Watson and Tammy Sterling, both Mendota residents fighting for their lives. Arranged in part ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Officials say a sculpture by the late artist Keith Haring will be placed at the AIDS Garden Chicago . The Keith Haring Foundation said Thursday that the artwork will be called “Self-Portrait.” The foundation welcomed Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Alderman Tom Tunney for the ...Read more
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