OTTAWA, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois appeals court has ruled that a judge falling asleep during a murder trial doesn’t warrant a retrial. The Illinois Appellate Court panel in Ottawa says Whiteside County Judge Jeffrey O’Connor’s alleged nap was harmless as long as he wasn’t ...Read more
PERU – A 27 year-old transient has been arrested in a sting operation after allegedly using counterfeit currency to purchase pizza in Peru. Since late December, according to Peru Police Chief Doug Bernabei, there was an ongoing investigation into fake $100 bills being used in LaSalle and ...Read more
(Chicago AP) Many patients are first introduced to powerful opioid painkillers in the emergency room. A new study released Tuesday tested over-the-counter pain relievers on people with broken bones and sprains. Researchers found acetaminophen plus ibuprofen worked as well as opioids at reducing ...Read more
WILMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — A Minnesota-based food company has opened an Illinois distribution center that could employ as many as 150 people. Gov. Bruce Rauner and area officials cut the ribbon on the 1.5 million-square-foot General Mills facility in Wilmington on Tuesday. General Mills produces ...Read more
A busy 24-hours for Streator Area Firefighters. Around 11:30 last night, they responded to a residential fire on West Kent Street. No immediate word on the cause of the fire. Grand Ridge and Streator Firefighters battled a fire in a vacant house on West Third Street during the early morning ...Read more
MUNSTER, Ind. (AP) — A group has failed to appeal in federal court the rejection of its application to construct a more than 260-mile freight railroad from northern Indiana to southeastern Wisconsin. Great Lakes Basin Transportation had 60 days starting Aug. 31 to appeal the Surface ...Read more
A Rockford Police officer was killed early this morning during a traffic stop. Chief Dan O’Shea said It happen shortly after 1:00 am in the area of State Street and Dawn Avenue. A short time later, the officer, identified as 30-year old Jamie Cox made a brief radio transmission indicating ...Read more
BROOKFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A giraffe that officials of Brookfield Zoo describe as being the matriarch of the zoo’s herd has been euthanized. Mithra at age 27 was one of the oldest giraffes in an accredited North American zoo. Officials say the giraffe was affected by degenerative changes in ...Read more
The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team has taken more illegal drugs off the streets. Agents conducted a search warrant Wednesday night at a residence at 32871 U.S. 6, room 112 in Spring Valley After an investigation into alleged illegal narcotic sales from the room. 24 year old ...Read more
NEENAH, Wis. (AP) — Police in two Wisconsin communities are investigating reports of nails and needles showing up in kids’ Halloween candy. Neenah police say officers met with a mother Tuesday night who discovered nails in three pieces of her son’s Halloween candy. Police say ...Read more
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