UNDATED – Its been three years since north central Illinois has experienced the unseasonably warm weather we’ve had these past few days. According to Weatherology Meteorologist Ray Miller, December 2016 was also a mild one, with temperatures in the upper 50s. He says high pressure ...Read more
MINOOKA – 100 gallons of a highly toxic chemical leaked after a single vehicle crash Thursday morning on I-80 in Minooka. According to the Illinois State Police, just after 7 a.m. a freightliner truck traveling westbound on I-80 near Minooka, in a reported construction zone, lost control ...Read more
CULLOM – The identity of a person connected in the deaths of 3 people in Livingston County has been released. According to the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office, 53-year-old Clifford W. Brewer of Cullom is charged with three counts of first degree murder for the alleged involvement ...Read more
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — An off-duty St. Louis-area police officer shot and wounded a Christmas Eve intruder in a neighbor’s apartment in Illinois. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that authorities say that 22-year-old Steven M. Madden of Granite City, Illinois, tried to steal a ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD (AP) – A new study found no evidence to corroborate that a beaver-skin stovepipe hat, a centerpiece of Illinois’ Abraham Lincoln museum, ever actually belonged to Lincoln. A report says findings from the study include that the hat didn’t appear to be Lincoln’s ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois treasurer’s office has returned nearly $40,000 to the Salvation Army in Chicago. The money comes from a program the office oversees that helps return unclaimed property or cash. The Salvation Army money comes from the estate of a man who passed away in 1999. The ...Read more
EUREKA, Ill. (AP) — A 9-year-old boy charged in a central Illinois fire that killed five people will be evaluated by a child trauma expert to determine if he’s fit to stand trial. The Chicago Tribune reports that the boy’s attorney, Peter Dluski, said in a recent court filing that he has ...Read more
CULLOM, IL – Three people are dead after a triple homicide in Livingston County. In the early Christmas morning hours Livingston County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a home in the 400 block of East Jackson Street in Cullom where they discovered a deceased 51-year-old male, a ...Read more
OTTAWA – With families gathered around the table for a holiday meal, sometimes things could be left unattended in the kitchen and that could lead to a dangerous situation. Sources of fire in the kitchen could be as simple as an overloaded circuit, a grease fire, a microwave fire, or a ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) —Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has formed a new commission to study the state’s early childhood education system in an effort to make Illinois “the best state in the nation” for raising young children. The Chicago Sun-Times reports the 29-member panel is comprised ...Read more
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