PERU – A marijuana dispensary is digging its roots in Peru. On Monday night the Peru City Council approved unanimously to grant the special use permit to Kana Grove North, LLC to open shop at 1320 E 38th street. Representatives for Kana Grove pitched a ...Read more
OTTAWA – A band of heavy snow with accumulation as heavy as one inch per hour is forecast for parts of North Central Illinois starting tonight through Thursday. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning in effect from 8 PM this evening through 6 PM Wednesday, with ...Read more
Former Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff, Marc Short, testified before the House select committee investigating January 6 last week in response to a subpoena; a sign that Pence’s team is cooperating with the probe. According to sources, Short testified before the select ...Read more
WYANET – A teen is dead after an altercation in Bureau County. According to Bureau County Sheriff James Reed an altercation occurred in Wyanet between two 15-year-old male teens from Wyanet near the area of South King Street and East Front Street on Saturday around 12:30 PM. Authorities say ...Read more
An off-duty police officer in Vancouver, Washington was shot and killed while at his home while sheriff’s deputy pursued an armed suspect early Sunday morning. In a statement on Sunday, Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnery-Ogle identified the officer as Donald Sahota and confirmed he had been with ...Read more
Thirteen people were hospitalized for exposure to carbon monoxide at a Hampton Inn, shortly after a 2-year-old girl lost consciousness in the pool of the hotel. Police Chief Tony Brooks confirmed that dispatchers in Marysville. Ohio received 911 calls that the girl had fallen into the pool or was ...Read more
PRINCETON – A Massachusetts man is facing felony cocaine charges after being stopped on I-80 in Bureau County. On Thursday the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team say they stopped a vehicle driven by 30-year-old Brendan R. Johnson of Centerville, Massachusetts for allegedly ...Read more
STREATOR – Residents were displaced after a smokey fire in an apartment in Streator on Saturday. The Streator and Grand Ridge Fire Departments were called to the 200 block of South Bloomington Street around 4:30 PM for a house fire that may have individuals in the upstairs apartment. ...Read more
STREATOR – A garage was a complete loss after a fire Friday in Streator. The Streator Fire Department say they were called to the 300 block of East First Street around 3 PM and found the structure fully involved. It took 15 minutes to extinguish the blaze, which had collapsed the roof ...Read more
OGLESBY – A teen walked out of his Oglesby home fifty years ago and vanished. In the five decades since 16-year-old Dermot F. Kelly went missing authorities have had no clues to his whereabouts, aside from his jacket, boots, and the rifle he left home with. On the afternoon of January 30th, ...Read more
