(Tonica) A single vehicle accident has claimed the life of a Tonica man. LaSalle County Coroner William Wujek identified the victim as 45-year old Corey E. Harper. The accident happen early Wednesday, when for unknown reasons Harper’s car left the roadway near N 1950th and west of E. 8th ...Read more
OTTAWA – Five teenagers were hospitalized after a single vehicle accident five miles east of Grand Ridge yesterday afternoon. According to the LaSalle County Sheriff’s office, a vehicle driven by a 16 year-old male from Ottawa was driving north on East 23rd road when for unknown ...Read more
NEWARK – A 25 year-old Ottawa man has died after a fall at a business near Newark Tuesday afternoon. According to the Kendall County Sheriff’s office deputies were called to the 9000 block of Helmer Rd for a report of a man who had suffered injuries from a fall. Wayne R. Wackerlin of ...Read more
EARLVILLE — The manhunt continues into the nighttime hours for 47-year old Lowell Maxwell Ambler near Earlville. Ambler was reported to be seen south of town just before 2 PM Wednesday afternoon, prompting Earlville Schools to go into a full lockdown. Students were allowed to leave around 4 ...Read more
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police say they’ve determined that a woman they were seeking is no longer considered a “person of interest” in the deadly mass shooting at a country music festival. Police say they don’t believe 62-year-old Marilou Danley was involved in ...Read more
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police say they’ve determined that a woman they were seeking is no longer considered a “person of interest” in the deadly mass shooting at a country music festival. Police say they don’t believe 62-year-old Marilou Danley was involved in ...Read more
PERU — The man involved in the nearly 12-hour standoff in Peru Monday was transferred to the La Salle County Jail overnight. 56-year old Jeffery Sorrentino has a charge of aggravated discharge of a firearm with no bond set according to Tuesday’s jail booking sheet. Around 11:25 PM ...Read more
Authorities are searching for a man who robbed a Princeton fast food restaurant. Chief Thomas Root said police were called to McDonald’s on North Main around 8 PM last night. He said a white male approached the register and demanded cash from an employee. The suspect then fled in older ...Read more
DIXON – A five year-old child and his father are both dead after what Dixon Police is calling a murder-suicide Monday evening. Around 3:30 PM Police were called by the boys mother during a supervised visit with his father in the 1000 block of Fargo Ave. She reportedly witnessed the child, ...Read more
WASHINGTON DC – The Surface Transportation Board has rejected the application by the Great Lakes Basin Railroad to construct a 272 mile rail line that was proposed to run from Wisconsin through Illinois to Indiana. The plan, which has been in the works since 2013, had caused many area ...Read more
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