SYCAMORE – The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office is alerting citizens of a home repair scam in the area. According to authorities, last Thursday there was an incident involving driveway seal-coating by individuals who allegedly approached a victim at their residence offering to do the ...Read more
HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — A northwestern Indiana scrap-metal dealer convicted of razing a historic railroad bridge and selling the metal has been sentenced to two years in prison. The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports 69-year-old Kenneth Morrison of Whiting, Indiana, was given his punishment ...Read more
The Illinois 4-H Foundation annually recognizes 4-H volunteers for exemplary service. This year, 80 new members were inducted into the Illinois 4-H Hall of Fame during a celebration Tuesday, Aug. 13 at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. “These volunteers fully embody what ...Read more
The Illinois Valley Community College agriculture program, in partnership with Case IH and University of Illinois Extension, will conduct a field day at the campus farm along the west side of Orlando Smith Road from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Sept. 18. The field day is open to the public and ...Read more
GLENVIEW, Ill. (AP) — A former nurse at a Glenview hospital has been charged with sexual assault after authorities received complaints from two patients. An investigation into the reports from patients at Glenbrook Hospital resulted in charges of aggravated criminal sexual assault and criminal ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois and the city of Chicago are receiving nearly $38 million in federal grants to fight the opioid epidemic. Sen. Dick Durbin says the money will address “one of the worst drug epidemics in our history.” He says the money will help those on the front ...Read more
BENTON, Ill. (AP) — An inmate at the Marion Federal Penitentiary in southern Illinois will serve an additional 18 years in prison for filing fake bankruptcy petitions against prison officials. Federal prosecutors say Kurt F. Johnson filed involuntary bankruptcy petitions alleging Marion’s ...Read more
EARLVILLE- A pickup struck a horse in the roadway in the pre-dawn hours Saturday in rural LaSalle County. Around 5:15 AM Earlville Fire and EMS were called to East 12th Road just south of North 40th Road where the driver of a truck reported hitting the horse with the front of their truck. ...Read more
CICERO, Ill. (AP) — Officials say a man has been critically injured after being struck in the head with a thrown bowling ball. WBBM-TV reports 28-year-old Damante Williams is in critical condition at Loyola University Medical Center, where he remained in a medically induced coma Friday. Cicero ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A central Illinois man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for killing a police informant to keep her from testifying in a drug case. Marquelle Palmer of Bloomington in May was found guilty of murder in the death of Melissa Woods, whose body was found in 2012 in the basement ...Read more
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