STREATOR – Business owners in Streator are coming together for a conference hosted by other local business owners to share goals, ideas and concerns. The meeting will be called Streator Area Businesses Past Present and Future hosted at the Silver Fox on Monday at 6 p.m. Jim Pellino, who ...Read more
OTTAWA – Results from a mental health test, that would determine if a LaSalle man accused of suffocating his infant son is fit for trial is expected to be announced, Wednesday. 23-year-old Kenneth Herbst faces first-degree murder charges stemming from a spring 2019 incident in the 900 ...Read more
OTTAWA – The Illinois Valley Federation of Labor and the Illinois Valley Building Trades will host their biennial summit, in Ottawa. Guest speakers include Senator Dick Durbin, State Representative Lance Yednock and Illinois Supreme Court Justice Tom Kilbride at Knights of Columbus on ...Read more
CHICAGO, (AP) – Two Democratic senators are demanding that Army officials investigate allegations that leaders of a reserve unit mishandled sexual assault complaints and ignored protocols. Illinois Sens. Richard Durbin and Tammy Duckworth sent a letter to Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy on ...Read more
MENDOTA- No injuries were reported after a car fire at a gas station in the 800 block of Meriden Street in Mendota Tuesday night. Around 6 PM firefighters were called and quickly extinguished the sedan, which was parked on the edge of the parking lot away from the gas pumps. Nobody was in ...Read more
PRINCETON – The Bureau County Board will vote in February on whether or not to tax cannabis in the county. Although board members previously stated that they were unsure if they could make the state’s April 1st deadline for adopting municipality tax ordinances, the state’s attorney ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Suburban Chicago police say the suspect in the 1976 slaying of a teenager may be responsible for the killing or rape of a dozen more women who went missing about that time and have never been located. Lisle Police Detective Chris Loudon says investigators are trying to determine ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois regulators say they are investigating apparent violations of a rule intended to prevent marijuana shops statewide from stockpiling weed from a single cultivator while also reminding retailers that they must keep enough products on hand for medical patients. The Illinois ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago aldermen have rejected a proposed $125,000 legal settlement for a woman who witnessed the fatal shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald by a white Chicago police officer. Alma Benitez filed a federal lawsuit in 2016 alleging investigators tried to pressure her into ...Read more
BRIDGEVIEW, IL (AP) – Cook County prosecutors have dropped DUI charges filed against a retired Roman Catholic priest accused of running over two teachers, killing one of them. The 72-year-old Rev. Paul Burak pleaded not guilty Tuesday to remaining counts of causing and leaving the scene of ...Read more
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