SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Police are tackling safety during the upcoming Illinois Speed Awareness Day. Through enforcement and education their goal is to promote safety for motorists, pedestrians and cyclists. According to the State Police 37% of the speed-related crashes result in ...Read more
PERU – Illinois Valley Community Hospital has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in mammography as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). Mammography is a specific type of imaging test that uses a low-dose X-ray system to examine breasts. ...Read more
MENDOTA – Officer Samantha Holland of the Mendota Police Department has been selected as the Mendota ‘2017 Officer of the Year’. This award is given annually and the recipient is selected by their peers. Officer Holland is certified in child safety seat installation and coordinates ...Read more
HENNEPIN – Phone records for a Standard man was supposed to be the strongest piece of evidence for the defense in the murder trial of Clifford Andersen, however he was found guilty of murdering and burying his sister in law Friday. Defense Attorney Rob Parker strongly believed phone calls ...Read more
STREATOR – Vandalism was reported over the weekend in Streator with tires slashed and windows broken in two separate incidents. On Saturday morning Streator Police were notified that a parked vehicle in the 1400 block of Sterling Street had its windows smashed. In the 700 block of ...Read more
SENECA -The son of the police chief of Seneca has apparently drowned in the Illinois River. In a release by the Grundy County Coroner’s Office, a call came in Saturday afternoon for a person in the water near the Seneca boat ramp. Around 4:30 p.m. a body was recovered and identified as ...Read more
DIXON – The Lee County Health Department has confirmed that mosquitoes collected in Dixon and the Amboy/Sublette area during the week of July 17th have tested positive for West Nile Virus. The tests confirmed the continued presence of WNV in the Lee County area. The announcement should ...Read more
HENNEPIN- A Standard man has been found guilty of murdering and burying his sister in law. Clifford Andersen was found guilty Friday, in a Putnam County Court of the 2016 murder of Deborah Dewey. It took a jury of 9 men and 3 women under four hours to reach a guilty verdict on charges of murder ...Read more
HENNEPIN- Closing statements were heard by prosecution and defense for the murder of Deborah Dewey at the Putnam County Courthouse, Friday. Clifford Andersen is accused of the concealment and murder of his sister in law. The prosecution used circumstantial evidence as their strongest points in ...Read more
HENNEPIN – Closing arguments commence this morning and by this afternoon the Clifford Andersen trial is expected to be in the hands of the jury in Putnam County. Nine men and three women will decide the fate of Andersen, who is accused of the concealment and murder of Deborah Dewey in 2016. ...Read more
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