PERU – One person is dead after a vehicle crash in Peru Sunday morning. According to Peru Police, they were called with EMS just after 4 a.m. to 5th and Pulaski Street where officers found a vehicle in Pulaski Park with heavy front-end damage resting against a tree. Police say the driver, ...Read more
CEDAR POINT – A Granville man involved in a vehicle crash in Cedar Point has been identified. According to the LaSalle County Coroner’s Office, 43-year-old Daniel Ramirez died after a vehicle crash at 324 East 4th Street in Cedar Point on Saturday night. Earlier reports say ...Read more
CHICAGO – The Reverend Jesse Jackson and The Rainbow PUSH-Coalition are calling on the FBI, the Department of Justice, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul to intervene in the death investigation of Jelani Day. Rev. Jackson and PC’s National Field Director Bishop Grant are also ...Read more
UTICA – A rural fire in LaSalle County sent one firefighter to the hospital after a fall through the floor into the basement. Around 9:30 PM Sunday Utica Fire was called to the 1100 block of North 32nd Road for a gas meter on fire. Responding crews found the front of the vacant home ...Read more
PERU – Many area police departments are echoing the same message this Halloween, ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’. With the streets filled with children during weekend nights for the holiday, authorities are urging those adults who wish to celebrate to get a designated driver. ...Read more
CEDAR POINT – One person was killed after a vehicle struck a building in Cedar Point Saturday night. According to the Cedar Point Fire Department, they were called around 9:30 PM to Illinois Highway 71 near 1st Street, where a vehicle for unknown reasons left the roadway, hit a power pole ...Read more
DEKALB – A Two vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer has taken the life of a DeKalb man. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s office were called to the intersection of Peace Road and Fairview Drive Friday around 11:30 AM, where they found a sedan driven by a 25-year-old Belvidere man had ...Read more
PONTIAC – Spring flooding caused a significant setback to many farmers across central Illinois, and farmers in Livingston County and 39 others in the state will get some relief from the USDA. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack issued a disaster declaration this week after a review determined there ...Read more
STREATOR – Two dogs involved in a house fire are safe after the Streator Fire Department helped in their rescue on Thursday. According to the Streator Fire Department, they were called to a fully engulfed house fire just before 2 p.m. Upon arrival, firefighters say a quick ...Read more
PERU – Peru Police Chief Robert Pyszka says he is looking forward to working with Reverend Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition at their peaceful march in Peru next week. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the famed civil rights activist will be gathering with others in front ...Read more
