UTICA – The Utica Fire Department has acquired a new state of the art drone and more radios after receiving a grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. It was announced that the $59,212 funding was used to purchase a DJI M-300 drone and four Motorola APX8000 ...Read more
CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Health said Monday that five Illinoisans died due to complications from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. Only one of the deaths came from the Chicagoland area, a woman in her 70s, while the other four deaths came from downstate, including one from ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Gun violence in Chicago left 10 people dead over the weekend and 43 others injured. The gunfire came amid a surge in violence this year in the nation’s third-largest city. Statistics from the Chicago Police Department show shooting victims for the year thus far number ...Read more
DEPUE – A suspect is in custody after an investigation by DePue Police into vehicle burglaries. On Monday they asked residents to check their vehicles to see if items were missing and to contact the police department if you notice something in disarray. The suspect, who has yet to be ...Read more
OGLESBY – Project Success, Illinois Valley Community College’s program for first generation, low-income and students with disabilities, has been awarded federal funding for another five years. IVCC President Jerry Corcoran informed the board Thursday the program that serves ...Read more
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A civic center in central Illinois is seeking about $4 million to keep afloat during the coronavirus pandemic that’s caused the facility to lay off staff and lose money. The financial woes for the Peoria Civic Center began when the state ordered it shut in March due to ...Read more
RANTOUL, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois community that was facing the impending loss of its iconic Minuteman missile can keep the Cold War relic after all under an arrangement with the Air Force. Days before Monday’s planned dismantling of Rantoul’s first-generation Minuteman ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The census count in Chicago is behind the rest of Illinois, particularly in largely Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in the city. The Chicago Tribune reports Illinois’ response rate is 70%, which is slightly higher than the national average. But the city’s rate is ...Read more
PAW PAW – An Oklahoma woman was arrested and charged with theft after allegedly taking a dog at a rest area in Lee County along I-39. The Illinois State Police say on September 5th around 9:30 AM they were called to the Willow Creek Southbound Rest Area near Paw Paw for a report of stolen ...Read more
OTTAWA – Last week the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office announced that after a brief investigation, nine inmates at the LaSalle County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19. The jail was already taking precautions for coronavirus, but now they have implemented new policies to help ...Read more
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