OTTAWA – Ottawa Central Dispatch has announced that the only warming center available will be The Department of Human Services during normal business hours. PADS shelter in Ottawa has stated they will be open 24 hours, but
PEORIA – Two people were pronounced dead after being shot early Tuesday morning in Peoria. Peoria Police say a shot spotter alert alerted them to an incident in the 200 block of East Virginia where four shots
GENEVA, Ill. (AP) — A Kane county man was sentenced to 27 years in prison after pleading guilty for a fatal 2015 shooting outside a party. Marquitte L. West of Aurora was set for a jury trial
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says state employees will be placed on the correct step of the state pay plan on April 1. The reinstatement of long-postponed, experience-based salary increases is expected to affect
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois State Police have announced an arrest in the case of a trooper who was struck and killed by a vehicle along Interstate 294 in suburban Chicago during a snowstorm. Trooper Christopher Lambert
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois legislators are reviving bills that would raise the legal age to purchase tobacco products to 21. Media outlets report that that Democratic Sens. Julie Morrison and Michael Hastings are sponsoring the Senate bill,
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of a scam where someone falsely claims to be from the office. According to sheriff’s, the scammer uses actual names and ranks of current deputies, and asks
PRINCETON – Two people were seriously injured after a vehicle crashed into a guardrail in Princeton, Friday. According to Illinois State Police a 24-year-old Moline man was traveling eastbound on I-80 when he lost control of his
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A U.S. Air Force colonel based at Scott Air Force Base is being promoted to general and will head the Illinois Air National Guard. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker appointed Col. Peter Nezamis to
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Firefighters are trained to rescue residents of burning buildings but what if those residents are cows, horses or pigs? The Illinois fire Service Institute based at the University of Illinois is teaching firefighters
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