PERU – Pretty soon Illinoisans will be required to upgrade their smoke detectors. On Thursday morning at the Peru Fire Station, LaSalle and Peru fire chiefs, LaSalle County Health Department, Illinois Fire Safety Alliance and State Representative Lance Yednock gave more details on the law ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s inspector general says police department detectives conducted an “incompetent and incomplete” investigation into the suspicious death of an officer. Sgt. Donald Markham was found fatally shot in his bedroom in September 2015. Inspector General Joseph ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago teachers are set to go on strike after failing to reach a contract deal with the nation’s third-largest school district. Both sides have been negotiating for months over issues including pay and benefits, class size and teacher preparation time. The Chicago Teachers ...Read more
MENDOTA – A man arrested for alleged drug sales in Mendota faces more charges following a search of his home last Friday. According to the Tri County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team and the Mendota Police Department, they executed a search warrant for 38-year-old Matthew D. McPheeters ...Read more
STREATOR – Streator’s Fire Department will be getting a new vehicle extrication equipment. At Tuesday night’s city council meeting, members gave the OK for the over $23,000 purchase for a set of TNT battery operated rescue tools. Fire Chief Gary Bird says the departments current ...Read more
PRINCETON – Two men are facing multiple charges after the Tri County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team conducted a buy/bust operation in Princeton. According to authorities, on Wednesday, 36-year-old Phillip P. Castelli of Tiskilwa and Paul C Hayden of Princeton were arrested as a result of ...Read more
PRINCETON – Two men are facing multiple charges after the Tri County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team conducted a buy/bust operation in Princeton. According to authorities, on Wednesday, 36-year-old Phillip P. Castelli of Tiskilwa and Paul C. Hayden of Princeton were arrested as a result of ...Read more
PERU – Through Friday October 18th, The Peru City Cemetery will be closed to the public for road repaving. The city says accommodations will be made for a funeral on Friday. ...Read more
WEDRON – The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office is seeking assistance in identifying a male individual who was allegedly involved in a residential burglary in rural Wedron on Wednesday. In the surveillance video provided to the sheriff’s office, the suspect can be seen walking ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The estate of the 5-year-old northern Illinois boy who was beaten to death and buried in a shallow grave this year has filed a lawsuit contending that two state child welfare workers ignored clear signs that the boy was being abused months before his death. The federal ...Read more
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