PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department program Healthy Families Illinois has maintained their accreditation by a national organization. Every four years, the health department’s Families program must pass a rigorous and comprehensive assessment in order to earn accreditation ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A former Chicago police officer who was captured nearly 15 years after he fled while awaiting trial on drug charges has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison. Eddie Hicks was convicted last year on racketeering, drug and gun charges, and jumping bail. Prosecutors say the ...Read more
OTTAWA – Two area caregivers were honored by OSF for their work in healthcare. Jennifer Hauser, RN, of Ottawa, received the DAISY Award, which recognizes exceptional nurses nationwide on behalf of the DAISY Foundation. Hauser has worked at OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center for almost two ...Read more
MENDOTA – A Mendota man is facing a number of cocaine charges after a traffic stop and an investigation by the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team. They say on September 30th, Mendota Police stopped a vehicle driven by 30-year-old Justin J. Waterworth of Mendota for having an alleged ...Read more
SENECA – The investigation into an alleged sexual assault of a 72-year-old woman in July has led to the arrest of a Seneca man. The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office say that after an investigation involving the Illinois State Police Crime Lab, they took 23-year-old Kevin J. Paulsen of ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say there is no doubt the 48-year-old man who fatally shot three co-workers at a central Illinois warehouse earlier this year before killing himself targeted his victims. Springfield Police Chief Kenny Winslow on Friday said Michael Collins possessed two ...Read more
URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois man has been sentenced to probation and ordered not to possess any animals one year after officials seized more than 80 dogs living in deplorable conditions inside his home. A Champaign County judge sentenced 61-year-old Mark Richards of Champaign to one ...Read more
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois man has been found guilty but mentally ill in the 2018 shooting death of a village board member and tax assessor. Eldon C. Williams Jr. of Godfrey was shot in the back of the head while sitting in his car in the driveway of an Alton home where he ...Read more
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded Amtrak a $5.6 million grant for track improvements and other work in New Mexico and Colorado along the Southwest Chief passenger train route between Chicago and Los Angeles. The grant will help pay for upgrading 12.4 ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Transportation officials are seeking public input for a roughly $3 billion overhaul of Chicago’s iconic Lake Shore Drive. The Chicago Tribune reports the modernization project on a North Side stretch of the road is aimed at improving shoreline protection along Lake ...Read more
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