PERU – Peru City Council discussed the need for a new police department building at Monday night’s meeting. Mayor Scott Harl explained that the current building does not provide enough space for the department. City Engineer Eric Carls stated that they are currently collecting data to ...Read more
PERU – Peru Mayor Scott Harl told residents in Monday’s town hall meeting that a pool is not in the budget in the near future. Harl explained that the project would take around $5 million and that there is not a revenue source for this project at this time. Harl also mentioned a 2014 ...Read more
URBANA, Ill. (AP) — An 18-year prison sentence has been handed a central Illinois man found guilty but mentally ill of attempted murder and child abduction. Thomas Boitnott of St. Joseph was accused of taking his then-6-month-old daughter from her home in 2015 and abandoning her in a soybean ...Read more
SYCAMORE – An inmate at the DeKalb County Jail is facing Battery and Sexual Assault charges after an incident on Saturday in Sycamore. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office say they received a report of an alleged assault of a male inmate at the county jail from another male inmate. ...Read more
PEORIA – A four year old child is in critical condition after he and another male victim were shot in Peoria, Monday night. According to the Peoria Police Department they responded to the area of the 2800 block of West Ann for a ShotSpotter Alert of 22 rounds fired just before 6 p.m. ...Read more
SANDWICH, Ill. (AP) — The mayor of a northern Illinois city has resigned after being named one of nine people charged in a police investigation into soliciting a prostitute. Rick A. Olson resigned as Sandwich mayor on Monday, three days after being charged with solicitation of a sexual ...Read more
MENDOTA – Speakers on all levels of government spoke about issues from local to national at a Monday luncheon hosted by the Mendota Chamber of Commerce. Congressman Adam Kinzinger, State Senator Sue Rezin, LaSalle County Board Member Curt Faber, Police Chief Greg Kellen, and Alderman ...Read more
GRUNDY Co. – One person was killed in a two vehicle crash in Grundy County, Sunday morning. According to Grundy County Coroner John W. Callahan, 58-year-old John Stangle of Goodfield, was heading southbound on Rt. 47, south of Dupont Road, when for unknown reasons another vehicle ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A man who died after engaging in what authorities described as an “armed confrontation” with Chicago police officers has been identified. WLS-TV reports Sunday that 26-year-old Sharell Brown was shot by officers Saturday afternoon after they say he fired on them. He ...Read more
MENDOTA – With sirens wailing students cheered on as Mendota Fire and Police arrived at Lincoln School for the annual Guns & Hoses Kickball game. The sunny morning on the blacktop was enjoyed by all as first responders faced a throng of elementary students in a hard fought battle before ...Read more
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