MORRIS, Ill. (AP) — Authorities said an inmate that escaped from the Grundy county jail while helping deliver meals has been captured. The Sheriff’s office says 34-year-old Andrew J. Viles walked out of the jail in Morris around 4:30 p.m. Saturday, dressed in a dark coat, light jeans and ...Read more
STREATOR – Pets were rescued Saturday after a house fire in Streator significantly damaged a home. According to the Streator Fire Department they were called around 10 AM to a home in the 900 block of Maple Street for a home that had heavy fire towards the rear of the structure. All ...Read more
OTTAWA – An Ottawa man is charged in connection to an investigation by the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team on Thursday. 29-year-old Charles A. Bishop is charged with Unlawful Delivery of over one gram of purported heroin after a buy/bust operation in the 1200 block of LaSalle ...Read more
LASALLE – On Dec. 7, 1941, Japan launched an attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. 22-year-old Adolf J. Loebach of Peru was a Navy Fire Controlman 3rd Class on board the USS Oklahoma who was killed after the ship capsized from torpedo hits. Over 400 men lost ...Read more
OTTAWA – A forensic pathologist says that there’s foul play in the death of a woman that prosecutors claim was drowned by her husband. 52-year-old Kenneth Cusick, a former Ottawa fireman, is accused of drowning his wife in a toilet in 2006. Prosecution witness Dr. Scott Denton took the ...Read more
STREATOR – OSF HealthCare and community partners re-opened their brand new facility in Streator on Thursday. OSF HealthCare’s Vice President for Ambulatory Services Don Damron says the hub is one of six initiatives to improve and redefine rural health care. The 5-floor facility ...Read more
OTTAWA – A plumber and a bio-mechanic scholar gave expert witness testimonies on behalf of prosecution at the trial of a former Ottawa fireman accused of murder. 52-year-old Kenneth Cusick faces a charge of first degree murder for allegedly drowning his wife in a toilet January 2006. ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Two reports show staffing cuts and dwindling funding at the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in recent years. An Environmental Integrity Project report released Thursday shows the agency’s workforce was reduced by 38% between 2008 and 2018. A November report by the ...Read more
WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois woman charged in the beating death of her 5-year-old son has pleaded guilty to murder. Thirty-six-year-old JoAnn Cunningham of Crystal Lake entered the plea Thursday in the April slaying of Andrew “AJ” Freund. The Chicago Tribune reports ...Read more
ELGIN – A Kane County Sheriff’s Department Sergeant has been charged with unlawful possession of cocaine. Aaron Feiza, 44, was taken into custody Wednesday after an investigation found he allegedly had drugs in February of 2019. In a statement released jointly by the Illinois Attorney ...Read more
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