SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A Springfield man has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a woman last year during a home invasion and setting fire to her home in an attempt to conceal evidence. Thirty-three-year-old Ronald D. Porter pleaded guilty Wednesday to 13 counts, including first-degree ...Read more
KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) — A woman convicted in the 1987 kidnapping and death of a northern Illinois businessman has been granted a re-sentencing hearing by the state’s appellate court. Nancy Rish wants the court to consider evidence of domestic violence. Her attorneys argued Rish was ...Read more
ROCKTON, Ill. (AP) — Officials have found elevated levels of harmful metals in groundwater monitoring wells at a Rockton Superfund toxic waste site. But the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency noted that the substances were not found in the municipal water system for the Village of ...Read more
OTTAWA, IL – The number of coronavirus cases announced in the weekly LaSalle County Health Department report has nearly quadrupled in the past 4 weeks. Friday afternoon, health officials reported 46 new cases in the past seven days, an increase of 34 weekly cases since June 25th. No ...Read more
OTTAWA – A homeless man has been identified as the individual that allegedly intruded into an Ottawa residence on Wednesday night. The LaSalle County Coroner’s Office identified the individual as, 33-year-old Matthew E. Cavanagh. Cavanagh allegedly intruded into a residence in ...Read more
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — America’s No. 2 diplomat has expressed sympathy for North Koreans facing hardships and food shortage linked to the pandemic, and renewed calls for the North to return to talks over its nuclear program. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has recently warned of a ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – County unemployment up-ticked during the month of June according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security. LaSalle County rates remain the highest in unemployment locally at 6.5%, up a percentage point from last month. Bureau and Putnam County unemployment ...Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sulfur-crested cockatoos in Sydney have learned to open trash bins — and the technique is catching on like a hot dance move. Researchers documented the technique in three suburbs of the city in early 2018, but it had spread to 44 suburbs by late 2019. Scientists ...Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers are under increasing pressure to persuade vaccine skeptics to roll up their sleeves and take the shots as a new, more contagious COVID-19 variant sends caseloads soaring. But it may be too late to change the minds of many who are refusing. After ...Read more
BLY, Ore. (AP) — Crews are making progress against the nation’s largest wildfire in Oregon even as fires in neighboring California continue to threaten homes. The Bootleg Fire, which has destroyed an area half the size of Rhode Island, is 40% surrounded after burning some 70 homes. ...Read more
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