The winningest boys’ basketball coach in Illinois history has died. Gene Pingatore gained national attention when he appeared in the 1994 documentary “Hoop Dreams.” He coached at St. Joseph High School in Westchester, a Chicago suburb. At the time of his death, he was preparing ...Read more
OTTAWA – Beginning July, the Environmental Protection Agency will start cleanup activities on an area of the Ottawa Radiation Superfund site. The EPA says workers will be removing contaminated soil from the NPL-8 Frontage Property to reduce the risk of exposure to people who have access to ...Read more
OGLESBY – An Oglesby woman was arrested following an investigation into heroin sales. According to the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team, just after after 9 a.m. Thursday, 28-year-old Jenna M. Savage was arrested on a LaSalle County warrant for two counts of unlawful delivery of a ...Read more
STREATOR – A Chicago man was arrested following an investigation into reported cocaine sales in Streator, Tuesday. According to the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team, just before 5 p.m. 23-year-old Davon A. Edwards was arrested on a LaSalle County warrant for three counts of ...Read more
LEWISTOWN, Ill. (AP) — A man suspected of fatally shooting an Illinois sheriff’s deputy has been charged with first-degree murder and ordered held on $5 million bond. Forty-two-year-old Nathan Woodring of Avon appeared Thursday in Fulton County Circuit Court. He’s accused of ...Read more
PICNEYVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois man convicted of an attack in which he stuck his fingers in another man’s eyes and blinded him has been sentenced to 35 years in prison by a judge who told him he deserved more time behind bars. Media outlets report that the sentence imposed ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s press secretary says the governor received a warning for speeding during a boating trip on Geneva Lake in Wisconsin. Pritzker spokeswoman Jordan Abudayyeh tells the Chicago Tribune in an email that it was still light out as Pritzker was ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A new state report has found that just one out of every four children in Illinois was fully prepared to enter kindergarten in the most recent school year. The Illinois State Board of Education released findings this week from a statewide teacher survey. The ...Read more
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — An autopsy has revealed that a 4-year-old suburban Chicago boy who was pulled from a retention pond in northeastern Indiana drowned. The Allen County coroner’s office says Thursday that Dhanush Kurra’s April 26 death was accidental. The boy was found in the ...Read more
OGLESBY – The Starved Rock State Park boat ramp and picnic area have now reopened as of 10 a.m. on Thursday. Picnic tables are not dispersed in and around the picnic area. Visitors are encouraged to bring picnic blankets at this time. Please hike carefully and dress for muddy ...Read more
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