Local Headlines

  OTTAWA – Buffalo Rock State Park could be getting a friend for Pebbles the bison this week. After Pebbles mother Holly was euthanized due to a serious illness in September, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources has been working to get an additional bison at Buffalo Rock to ...Read more

  MORRIS –  The North Central Illinois Council of Governments will hold a free regional Census Complete Count training for community groups and local governments this week in Morris. Training from the Chicago Census Bureau will be this Wednesday from 10:00 to 11:30 am at the First ...Read more

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — A teacher who rescued a caged puppy from drowning in a cold central Illinois lake over the weekend says the dog had been “clearly abused.” Bryant Fritz, who teaches middle school science at Next Generation School in Champaign, was preparing to fish ...Read more

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Buffalo Wild Wings says multiple employees have been fired at one of its suburban Chicago restaurants after a group of mostly African American customers said they were asked to move to another table because of their skin color. The Naperville Sun reports Buffalo Wild ...Read more

  CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has ordered that a 15-year-old boy suspected of shooting a 7-year-old Chicago trick-or-treater should remain in custody. The Chicago Tribune reports that Judge Patricia Mendoza issued her ruling at a hearing Monday during which prosecutors said they are seeking ...Read more

LASALLE – An apartment building that caught fire Sunday morning reignited late Sunday night, calling firefighters out a second time to the building in the 700 block of Third Street in LaSalle. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. ...Read more

UTICA – Police say a body was discovered in the Illinois River  at Starved Rock State Park on Saturday. According to Conservation Police Sergeant Phillip Wire, kayakers reported what they discovered to be a body near Hidden Canyon on the Illinois River early Saturday afternoon. Wire says ...Read more

  CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago dentist says her office received a phone bill for more than $180,000 for hundreds of international calls she never made. WBBM-TV reports that Dr. Rosa Galvan-Silva first received a bill from AT&T for more than $81,000 that listed more than 100 calls that ...Read more

  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — When lawmakers crafted the law legalizing marijuana in Illinois, they tried to make sure it would right what many see as past wrongs linked to the drug. In addition to expunging hundreds of thousands of criminal records for marijuana arrests and convictions, the ...Read more