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TUSCOLA, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for driving away in a car with a baby inside it. A Douglas County judge sentenced 22-year-old Seth Tindle of Atwood on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to vehicular hijacking. Media outlets reports Tindle ...Read more

The Dalzell Police is looking for an alleged New Years Eve burglar. In a facebook post on Wednesday, the Dalzell Police posted images of the alleged burglar and an SUV. According to police, the suspect was observed walking around the central portion of Dalzell between the hours of 1 and 3 a.m on ...Read more

LEBANON, Ind. (AP) — A northwestern Indiana man has been charged with felony neglect after police say a 3-year-old boy fatally shot his 4-year-old sister with the suspect’s gun. 63-year-old Darrell Marberry of Chicago was arrested last week and is being held in the Lake County Jail ...Read more

DECATUR – A woman is in custody after fatally stabbing her boyfriend on New Years Day. According to Decatur Police, 22-year-old Billie Jo Soyster is charged in the stabbing death of her 38-year-old boyfriend. Authorities say they were called to the 500 block of east Division Street just ...Read more

ILLINOIS – The American Red Cross urgently needs blood donors to give now to help ensure blood remains available for vital medical treatments and emergencies. According to the Red Cross a decline in donations happens from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day, when donors get busy with ...Read more

LASALLE – Minor injuries were reported in a crash involving a LaSalle Police Department vehicle on Saturday. According to the Illinois State Police an SUV was traveling north on Crosat Street and failed to stop at the stop sign located on Third Street, reportedly entering the path of a ...Read more

ANNAWAN – A fatal roll over crash was reported in Bureau County early Wednesday morning. According to the Illinois State Police, 24-year-old Jamal R. Rodgers of Chicago had his vehicle parked on the shoulder on I-80 westbound in the area of milepost 39 in Annawan, reportedly to adjust a ...Read more

PERU – Minor injuries were reported in a crash involving a Mendota Fire Department vehicle on Monday. According to the Illinois State Police, just after 9 a.m. 58-year-old Dennis Ruthishauser, the Fire Chief of Mendota was responding to the Witzak Brothers structure fire in Peru with ...Read more

PERU – A press conference Wednesday morning talked about the massive response to the New Years Eve fire in Peru at Witczak Brothers Auto Repair. The building was destroyed that housed the shop, however, nobody was injured in the blaze that drew over 100 firefighters and 22 police officers ...Read more

LASALLE – Nearly 60 new Illinois State Police Troopers graduated last Friday morning in Springfield, with a few being assigned to the post in LaSalle.  ISP Director Leo Schmitz commissioned the 59 cadets of the Cadet Class 128 after a 27 week training program. Two of the cadets will ...Read more