OGLESBY – At the Illinois Valley Community College board meeting Thursday a contract was awarded for the demolition of the old barn south of the Oglesby campus. S&K Excavating & Trucking of Newark bid $50,750 for
CHICAGO (AP) — The handgun used to kill a Chicago police commander had once been bought and sold by an unlicensed gun dealer who federal authorities say described peddling guns “like an addiction.” The Chicago Tribune investigated
CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois high school student accused of shooting a classmate last year has been sentenced to juvenile prison, with the possibility of adult prison if he commits other crimes. The 15-year-old boy was
OTTAWA – With recent rainfall in some parts of LaSalle County and dryness in others has left some farmers hurting. According to LaSalle County Farm Bureau President David Isermann, South and East parts of LaSalle County experienced more
DEKALB – A man has been charged with Aggravated DUI and Reckless Homicide in the death of a bicyclist in August in the city of DeKalb. On August 23rd, a DeKalb man, identified as 49-year-old Carlos Melendez
HARDING – A tractor-trailer being driven by a man from Montgomery struck two cows Wednesday night in LaSalle County. According to the LaSalle County Sheriff’s office, 28-year-old Jesus Ramos was eastbound around 8:30 p.m. on US Route
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The I & M Canal in Will and Grundy counties will get a $6.7 million DuPage River spillway upgrade. That is just part of the more than $14 million for improvements to state
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A judge is rebuffing claims that a youth football coach brandished a gun during a fight with parents, and he agreed to set lower bonds for both men arrested during the melee. Forty-three-year-old
CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Wednesday that health care providers in the state have reported nine clinically-diagnosed cases of a rare condition that afflicts the nervous system, in particular the spinal cord.
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death of a construction worker, killed when a steel beam fell at a construction site in Evanston. A crane was lifting beams from a
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