MENDOTA – A rural Mendota home was severely damaged after a Monday night house fire that may have started around the kitchen. Around 10 PM Mendota and Troy Grove Fire were called to the scene in the 3900 block of East 3rd Road for a fire that the occupants said they had escaped from. ...Read more
PERU – The city of Peru announced a feasibility study will begin regarding a public pool. Representatives from Counsilman-Hunsaker & Associates spoke to the council on Monday night about the study that will look at what a public pool will cost the city. The feasibility study, which will ...Read more
OTTAWA – LaSalle County Board will wait to act on approving or rejecting the sale of cannabis on unincorporated areas until January. The Zoning Board of Appeals had previously recommended that the County Board prohibit any sale of cannabis in unincorporated areas, and the Board discussed ...Read more
OTTAWA – Prosecution rested their case against a former Ottawa fireman accused of drowning his wife. The LaSalle County State’s Attorneys claim 52-year-old Kenneth Cusick is guilty of first degree murder for allegedly drowning his wife Tracy, in a toilet in 2006. On Monday, jurors ...Read more
OTTAWA – A Forensic Toxicologist says Tracy Cusick’s death was not an overdose. 52-year-old Kenneth Cusick a former Ottawa fireman is accused of killing his wife Tracy by drowning her in a toilet in 2006. According to Dr. Christopher Long, toxicology reports show A blood alcohol content ...Read more
OTTAWA – A Forensic Toxicologist takes the stand Monday to testify for prosecution in the murder trial of a former Ottawa Fireman. 52-year-old Kenneth Cusick is accused of drowning his wife, Tracy in a toilet in 2006. In conjunction with Tracy’s autopsy, a toxicology analysis was ...Read more
STREATOR – Pets were rescued Saturday after a house fire in Streator significantly damaged a home. According to the Streator Fire Department they were called around 10 AM to a home in the 900 block of Maple Street for a home that had heavy fire towards the rear of the structure. All ...Read more
OTTAWA – An Ottawa man is charged in connection to an investigation by the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team on Thursday. 29-year-old Charles A. Bishop is charged with Unlawful Delivery of over one gram of purported heroin after a buy/bust operation in the 1200 block of LaSalle ...Read more
LASALLE – On Dec. 7, 1941, Japan launched an attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. 22-year-old Adolf J. Loebach of Peru was a Navy Fire Controlman 3rd Class on board the USS Oklahoma who was killed after the ship capsized from torpedo hits. Over 400 men lost ...Read more
OTTAWA – A forensic pathologist says that there’s foul play in the death of a woman that prosecutors claim was drowned by her husband. 52-year-old Kenneth Cusick, a former Ottawa fireman, is accused of drowning his wife in a toilet in 2006. Prosecution witness Dr. Scott Denton took the ...Read more
