OTTAWA – A man was reportedly found dead after a vehicle went into the Illinois River at Allen Park in Ottawa on Thursday afternoon. According to Ottawa Fire Captain Wayne Christensen, the person whose identity has yet to be released was found in the vehicle after a witness reported seeing ...Read more
OTTAWA – Pebbles the bison welcomed her new roommate to Buffalo Rock State Park on Thursday. Site Superintendent for I & M Canals State Trail Daniel Bell and technicians introduced the 2-year-old female to 14-year-old Pebbles, Thursday morning. Bell says there is no name for the nearly ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Sue Rezin is helping to combat youth vaping. In light of the recent health issues related to electronic cigarettes, Senator Rezin filed legislation aimed at reducing underage individuals’ access to vapor products. The bill prohibits the sale of tobacco ...Read more
GRANVILLE – A Granville man died of a heart attack while hunting. According to the Putnam County Death Investigator Bob Cofoid, a 29-year-old man from rural Granville was setting up to duck hunt with other hunters when he suffered the alleged heart attack and died at the scene. The Putnam ...Read more
STREATOR – State Representative Lance Yednock is working towards making the Marilla Park Pond trench-out a reality. The representative for the 76th District says he agreed to help Streator out before he went into office and although he’s been busy since then, he’s wrangled up ...Read more
OTTAWA – Ottawa’s I-80 pedestrian bridge project could be completed by next year. At Tuesday night’s city council meeting, a resolution authorizing federal grant participation and a maintenance agreement to care for the bridge was passed. Mayor Dan Aussem says the city ...Read more
PRINCETON – Attorneys involved in the case of a Spring Valley man charged with murder agreed for further pre-trial on Wednesday. 37-year-old Eddie L. Mentgen is charged with first degree murder for his alleged involvement in the April homicide of 28-year-old Marissa Roberts. On Wednesday ...Read more
MORRIS – Pretty soon Pebbles the bison will have a companion at Buffalo Rock State Park. 14-year-old Pebbles has been living alone since her mother Holly’s passing in September. Site Superintendent Daniel Bell for the Illinois & Michigan Canal State Trail says he’s ...Read more
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Police say officers arrested an Illinois man after finding marijuana hidden in his minivan along Interstate 80 in Nebraska. The Lincoln Police Department says the vehicle was stopped for speeding Monday in Lincoln. Lancaster County Court records say a police dog alerted ...Read more
POINTE-AUX-CHENES – A Pekin, Illinois man has died after a mishap at a dock involving an ice chest in Louisiana. The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Jerry Larpenter said that on Monday afternoon 70-year-old Johnny Martin was a passenger on a small boat when they attempted to offload a 50-quart ...Read more
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