STREATOR – A driver was lifeflighted to a Peoria hospital after a 3 vehicle crash in LaSalle County. The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office says around 9 am Thursday, two pickups and a semi were involved in an accident on Illinois 18 about 5 miles east of Streator. Deputies say one ...Read more
CHICAGO – The national gas price is the cheapest Labor Day weekend average in three years, and local gas prices have dropped appreciably. According to the American Automobile Association, those who bookend Labor Day weekend road trips can find gas prices that are cheaper than this past ...Read more
OGLESBY – Parkman’s Plain Parking Lot at Starved Rock State Park is now open. Visitors to Starved Rock State Park can now enjoy an updated parking lot at Parkman’s Plain or LaSalle Canyon along route 71 on the eastern edge of the park. According to IDNR Coordinator Lisa ...Read more
UNDATED – No injuries were reported after a wrong way driver crashed his vehicle into a Woodford County Sheriff Deputy’s vehicle on Thursday morning. According to the Woodford County Sheriff’s Department, at 4 a.m. they received calls of a wrong way driver on I-39, reported to ...Read more
OTTAWA – A woman is in custody after a residential burglary in Ottawa on Monday. According to the Ottawa Police Department at 7:30 p.m. they were called to the 200 block of Cactus Street for a report of residential burglary where medication was reportedly taken. After further ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Beginning next year, it will be illegal for Illinoisans to have a child in the car while smoking. Last week, Governor J.B Pritzker signed a bill, effective June 2020, that would make smoking in a car while a child under 18 is present, a violation. The petty offense ...Read more
MENDOTA – Sixth and Sixth Avenue in Mendota is blooming with flowers, all thanks to the garden club community. Marion Quintana dug her roots into a 26 hour project that lasted four days to create a flowery mural that graces the El Rey Taco joint wall. Garden Club President Steve Lauer ...Read more
MANLIUS – A student is in custody after the Bureau Valley School District received notification of alleged threats to their high school. According to a post from Bureau Valley School District officials, the threat came from a student who was not on school grounds. The ...Read more
PEOTONE – A Florida man has been charged after authorities seized over sixteen hundred fraudulent Yeti thermos bottles at the Will County Fairgrounds on Friday. According to the Will County Sheriff’s Department, On Thursday deputies were working at the Will County Fairgrounds ...Read more
SENECA – A Seneca man was arrested after a late Sunday night incident about a man allegedly pointing a gun at people. According to the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office before midnight Sunday they were called to the 2400 block of East 29th Road, where they took 33-year-old Daniel Feldt ...Read more
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