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SPRING VALLEY – A Hall High School Student has been charged with making a threatening statement.  Spring Valley Police were called to the school yesterday to investigate an incident where a 15-year old allegedly made a statement in class regarding committing an act of violence at the ...Read more

OTTAWA/NAPLATE IL – Today marks one year since a deadly EF-3 tornado struck Ottawa and Naplate causing wide-spread damage. An open house is being held this evening at Naplate Village Hall. Residents will remember the night of the storm and the progress made in rebuilding, those who died, along ...Read more

OTTAWA – An Ottawa man was arrested on drug charges after an investigation into an alleged robbery of a cell phone. On February 14th according to the Ottawa Police Department a woman in the 200 block of West Main Street reported having her phone taken. No injuries occurred in the robbery ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois House Democrats unleashed a bevy of proposed restrictions on firearms Tuesday, an urgent response to the Florida high school shooting as well as the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer a day earlier. The Judiciary-Criminal Committee approved five ...Read more

YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — U.S. Border Patrol agents in Arizona say they’ve arrested a Mexican man wanted in connection with a homicide in Illinois. Yuma Sector agents say Alejandro Rodriguez-Valencia was taken into custody Monday night near a dam. During processing, agents discovered ...Read more

CHICAGO (AP) — Sixteen inmates have been indicted on mob action charges after authorities say they were involved in a fight at a Chicago jail. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart announced the charges Monday. He says the fight occurred around 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 16 in the maximum security housing tier ...Read more

OSWEGO – One person is being hospitalized and another person is in custody after a stabbing that was stopped when a witness retrieved a firearm to chase off the suspect. According to the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office on Monday police were called to a dispute at a residence in the ...Read more

PERU – The license of a Peru massage business has been revoked. Chief Doug Bernabei stated authorities entered the premises in the 3800 block of Progress Boulevard and notified the owner of alleged violations. The business, known as Lily Massage Spa, was red tagged and the license to ...Read more

STREATOR – The Streator Police Department is investigating a number of vehicles and a business damaged by a small pellet gun over the weekend. Starting late Friday, reports began coming in of four vehicles and one business having windows shot out. The Streator Police is asking anyone with ...Read more