WASHINGTON – A nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System is scheduled for Wednesday around 1:20PM. The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission will perform the test, which will be similar to the ones that radio stations are required to ...Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four strikingly similar attacks on women in California and Illinois were all planned and executed by a skilled serial killer who studied the lives and homes of victims who lived near him before savagely stabbing them, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Los Angeles County Deputy ...Read more
HUNTLEY, Ill. (AP) — A report that six- and 8-year-old boys were duct taped to a pole by candy-stealing teens has turned out to be a hoax. Huntley Deputy Chief Mike Klunk said Tuesday that police were told by the boys’ mother that two teenage boys on bikes stole candy and duct taped the ...Read more
EARLVILLE – A new security system will be making sure all students are safe at Earlville School starting this year. Principal Jenette Fruit announced they are going to use a program from Raptor Visitor Management to screen visitors to the campus. Whenever anyone enters the building, ...Read more
PRINCETON – The community gathered for a night of fun, education, and entertainment at the National Night Out in Princeton Tuesday night. The Princeton Police Department and the Bureau County Sheriff’s Office were on hand along with other community organizations to promote ...Read more
MENDOTA – Mendota’s city council voted against raising the age for the purchase and use of tobacco products. A 3-3 split lead Mayor David Boelk to vote and determine whether the amendment would pass. Boelk said of course, he votes no. The ordinance would have raised the age ...Read more
MENDOTA – Mendota is implementing burn restrictions due to dry weather. According Fire Chief Dennis Rutishauser, the city will place a restricted burn status at the city burn pit. Rutishauser says it is not a district burn ban. Fire chiefs in the area as well as conservation police are ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A southern rock band whose logo features Confederate flags was booked for the DuQuoin State Fair for two months before Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s staff learned of the gig and abruptly canceled it, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. Pritzker’s ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois state senator who was indicted last week on federal charges of taking more than a quarter million dollars in salary and benefits from the Teamsters while doing little or no work has been removed as chairman of the Illinois Senate’s Labor Committee but he’s ...Read more
PEORIA – The City of Princeton voted at its August 5th meeting in favor of Perry Memorial Hospital formally beginning a process to consider a variety of partnership options with OSF HealthCare. Perry Memorial Hospital has been an independent affiliate of OSF HealthCare since 2007, ...Read more
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