HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — An injured bald eagle that eluded capture for days is getting veterinary care after being cornered in a northwestern Indiana neighborhood. The male adolescent eagle was captured Wednesday morning by a Hammond resident who corralled it with a cat carrier. The raptor was ...Read more
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (AP) — Billionaire Joe Mansueto has purchased full ownership of the Chicago Fire. The team announced Friday that Mansueto — the founder and executive chairman of Chicago-based financial services firm Morningstar Inc. — bought the remaining shares of the team from Andrew ...Read more
JONESBORO, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man who rigged a shotgun to a rope attached to the door of a shed on his property in 2018 has been convicted of first-degree murder in the death of another man who tried to enter. A Union County jury convicted William Wasmund, 48, Thursday of both first-degree ...Read more
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — More than 2,200 medically preserved fetal remains have been found at the Illinois home of a former Indiana abortion clinic doctor who died last week. The Will County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that an attorney for Dr. Ulrich Klopfer’s family ...Read more
OTTAWA – Illinois Valley PADS in Ottawa is running short on lunch items. According to the homeless shelter, they are packing 62 lunches a day and are running scarce of items to pack. You can make a donation at the shelter located on 1120 Canal Street, before 9 a.m. Saturday or at Lily Pads ...Read more
OTTAWA – An Ottawa Sheppard student will be competing in the 9th annual Illinois Elementary School Association Golf State Tournament in Peoria this weekend. 7th grade student-athlete Payton Bruck, will tee off at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday at the Kellogg Gold Course for an 18-hole round, ...Read more
CONCORD TWP – A construction worker was struck by a vehicle in a construction zone in Concord Township on Thursday. According to the Bureau County Sheriff’s Department, a 78-year-old Tampico woman was traveling north bound on Route 40, when she allegedly struck a construction worker ...Read more
JONESBORO, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man who rigged a shotgun to a rope attached to the door of a shed on his property in 2018 has been convicted of first-degree murder in the death of another man who tried to enter. A Union County jury convicted William Wasmund, 48, Thursday of both ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois teenager who fell ill with a lung disease after vaping for over a year has sued a leading e-cigarette maker. Attorneys filed the lawsuit Friday in Lake County Circuit Court on behalf of 18-year-old Adam Hergenreder. The 85-page suit says Juul Labs deliberately ...Read more
MENDOTA- The Mendota Fire Department and EMS were called to the water plant by Lake Mendota at noon on Friday for a reported chemical spill. Personnel stated they had a barrel that contained liquid permanganate, an oxidizer, that is used in the water treatment process leaking. Carus Chemical ...Read more
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