SPRINGFIELD – Secretary of State Jesse White announced that statewide parking stings targeting individuals illegally parking in spaces reserved for persons with disabilities will start this Friday. “Our mission is not to issue tickets, but to ensure that accessible parking spaces are ...Read more
BARRINGTON – A Barrington woman has been charged with arson and with filing a false police report after initially claiming her car was stolen. According to the Barrington Police Department, 47 year-old Julie Gagne was arrested Wednesday for allegedly setting fire to her vehicle. In a release by ...Read more
OTTAWA – After weeks of negotiations OSF HealthCare has reached an agreement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois to continue to remain in network. In October it was initially announced that OSF was no longer going to accept Blue Cross and Blue Shield. In a statement released ...Read more
OTTAWA – LaSalle County Health Department has confirmed its first case of West Nile Virus since last year. According to a media release, a resident in their 60’s has also tested positive for the virus this month, along with mosquitoes and birds from this summer. According to the ...Read more
DIXON – The Ogle County Sheriffs Office and the Ogle County Coroner have released the identities of those killed in an early morning house fire in rural Dixon. Found deceased was 39 year-old Timothy Shaw, 37 year-old Melissa Shaw, 17 year-old Ethan Shaw, 15 year-old LeAnne Shaw, 12 ...Read more
AMBOY – A string of car burglaries occurred in the predawn hours Tuesday in Amboy. The majority of those took place on the north side of the community in an area known as the Burke Subdivision. According to Amboy Police Chief Jeff Blake, ten vehicles were found to have items missing, and ...Read more
LOST LAKE – The investigation continues into a house fire that took six lives in rural Ogle County. After midnight Tuesday morning a 911 call came from within the home according to Sheriff Brian VanVickle. When emergency personnel arrived on the scene they found the home engulfed in ...Read more
STREATOR – A vacant house fire was extinguished by the Streator Fire Department early Monday morning. After midnight, emergency personal responded to a call of flames coming from a home in the 600 block of South Illinois Street. According to the Streator Fire Department, the fire was ...Read more
DIXON – A fire in rural Dixon has claimed six lives early Tuesday morning. According to the Ogle County Sheriff’s Office, a call came in just after midnight for a home in the 200 block of North Miami Drive for smoke in the basement. Eight area fire departments responded to the home, ...Read more
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A Coal City man has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the shooting death of a bartender who went missing. Jeremy Boshears, 32, of Coal City appeared on video in Will County court Monday morning. His attorney entered the not guilty plea and said he planned to file ...Read more
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