PERU – As a precautionary measure, the city of Peru is asking residents from Peoria Street south of Route 6 and west to the city limits, to place themselves under a boil order. This is only if residents are experiencing no water pressure. If you are a resident that experiences rusty ...Read more
EUREKA, Ill. (AP) — A 9-year-old child accused of causing a mobile home fire that killed three children and two adults in central Illinois has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder. The juvenile also was charged with two counts of arson and one count of aggravated arson, the ...Read more
AURORA, Ill. (AP) — An overnight fire in the city of Aurora has destroyed a historic Masonic temple that was abandoned more than a decade ago. The fire began around 10 p.m. Monday in the Lincoln Masonic Temple in the Chicago suburb about 40 miles (64 kilometers) west of Chicago. A portion of ...Read more
SKOKIE, Ill. (AP) — Two former Chicago nursing home workers have been charged with bilking a 98-year-old woman with dementia out of more than $700,000. A Cook County state’s attorney’s office spokeswoman said Monday that Tameeka Wolfe and Christina Wright were each charged with one ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago officials are holding public meetings for residents to weigh in on the sale of recreational marijuana in the city. A new state law will allow recreational marijuana to be sold to people 21 and older starting Jan. 1. Mayor Lori Lightfoot says her office wants to hear from ...Read more
LASALLE- Tag Day is coming back to the area to support organizations in North Central Illinois. Petitions from both the LaSalle Softball League and the Illinois Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra were approved at Monday night’s LaSalle City Council meeting. The Illinois Valley Youth Orchestra Tag ...Read more
MENDOTA – Mendota’s City Council is to discuss a petition to annex land for a proposed funeral home. On Monday night the city agreed to send an annexation petition for 192 East Highway 52 land to plan commission so that it may be discussed on October 28th. Alderman John Pierson says the ...Read more
OTTAWA – The Illinois Department of Transportation is offering seasonal work for its winter highway clearing program. Temporary positions include full time and on call positions to perform street work like spreading salt and plowing snow. Applicants must have a commercial driver’s ...Read more
OTTAWA – People from all different walks of life with gather on Saturday in Ottawa to advocate for one cause: suicide prevention. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will host LaSalle County’s Out of the Darkness Walk from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Jordan Block Park. ...Read more
DANVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Prosecutors in an eastern Illinois county say a sheriff’s deputy was justified when he fatally shot an inmate who attacked and stabbed him in a courthouse holding cell. Vermilion County State’s Attorney Jacqueline Lacy says Deputy Kyle Janesky’s ...Read more
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