MORRIS – A Morris man has died after an early morning crash in Grundy County. According to Grundy County Coroner John W. Callahan around 4 a.m. Sunday, a passenger in a vehicle traveling west on Reed Road, 27 year-old Tony P. Rutherford, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash that ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say an officer was shot while executing a warrant and a suspect was taken into custody. Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson says the incident happened Saturday night on the city’s West Side as police attempted to execute a warrant for narcotics and ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Michelle Obama’s Chicago high school alma mater is to name its new athletic complex after the former first lady. Whitney Young Magnet High School in May will name the $4.3 million project after Obama. She graduated from the school in 1981. Whitney Young Principal Joyce ...Read more
TONICA – The American Red Cross will host a blood drive in honor of a local volunteer firefighter. Evan Knoblauch of Oglesby, was diagnosed in 2017 with Ewing Sarcoma, a cancerous tumor that progressed to his lungs. Knoblauch is still undergoing cancer treatments and continues to fight for ...Read more
OGLESBY – Making Industry Meaningful In College (MIMIC) was named a finalist for the Bellwether Legacy Award, which recognizes previous Bellwether Award winners that have been offered for five or more years and have been replicated elsewhere. Six years ago, the MIMIC project was a finalist ...Read more
HARRISBURG- The body of a teen missing since March 3rd was found Friday in rural Gallatin County. The Illinois State Police announced that they located the remains of 19 year-old Brooke S. Naylor after a multi day search. Her vehicle was found abandoned last week. An autopsy has been ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — One of the people injured in a deadly warehouse shooting last month is suing Illinois State Police, saying authorities wrongly let the gunman purchase the weapon used in the attack. Henry Pratt Co. employee Timothy Williams on Friday filed the lawsuit. It says he was shot three ...Read more
OTTAWA, Ill. – State Rep. Lance Yednock introduced legislation that would improve the transfer of information relating to opioid overdoses in Illinois. Yednock’s House Bill 3459 would require coroners in Illinois to reports any death where opioids are a contributing factor to the Illinois ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A grand jury has indicted “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett of 16 counts related to allegations that he lied to police about an attack in January _ eight counts for what he told a police officer and eight more for what he told a detective. In the indictment filed ...Read more
OTTAWA – Flu activity remains high across the nation, including Illinois. According to a weekly flu report released Friday by the U.S Centers for Disease Control, 48 states including Illinois reported widespread activity. Compared to minimal flu activity last year, Illinois ranks as one ...Read more
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