MENDOTA – Mendota’s famous ear of corn silo will be getting more features added soon. NCI-Artworks Artist Ray Paseka, of the Mendota “Gold” mural says he’s creating an aluminum sign with Mendota printed on it, that would be situated on the top of the silo. Paseka ...Read more
COLLINSVILLE – Ameren Illinois residential customers will pay less for electric delivery service next year under a plan filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission. Approval of the $7.22 million decrease would lower monthly electric delivery bills for the typical residential customer by ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker predicts growth in wind-energy development after signing a law streamlining zoning rules. The Democrat signed legislation Friday that allows only counties and municipalities to establish standards for developing wind farms. Townships will no longer ...Read more
CINCINNATI (AP) — A 23-year-old man authorities say impersonated a long-missing child pleaded not guilty Friday to lying to federal agents. Brian Michael Rini, of Medina, Ohio, was arraigned after his indictment this week on those charges and charges of aggravated identity theft. He was ...Read more
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — It wasn’t a routine day for a sheriff’s officer after she spotted a donkey meandering along Interstate 90 near Chicago. Video from a body camera taken Wednesday shows the bewildered Cook County officer radioing: “There’s a donkey in the ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say a 64-year-old man with a concealed carry license and a man recently released from prison fatally shot each other in what is believed to be an attempted robbery. Police spokeswoman Officer Michelle Tannehill says Mark Miller was outside a property he owns on the ...Read more
RUSHVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois woman has been charged with using an unidentified substance to spike the sports drink of an Illinois State Police trooper. Authorities say 45-year-old Valeria Martinez and Kevin Weinmann, both of Beardstown, were stopped Tuesday along U.S. 67 in ...Read more
JOLIET – A Joliet man was arrested on child pornography charges, Thursday. According to the Illinois State Police, after an on-going investigation in conjunction with the Attorney General’s Office and Homeland Security, ISP Investigators executed a search warrant on Samuel Prado’s ...Read more
MENDOTA – Training is underway for two future Mendota Police Officers. Police Chief Greg Kellen was proud to announce that Zachary Urbanski of Spring Valley and Lucas Krammer of Princeton graduated South Suburban Law Enforcement Academy in Glen Ellyn. Official swearing in of both officers ...Read more
CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio man accused of claiming to be a missing child from Illinois is facing new charges. A federal grand jury has indicted 23-year-old Brian Michael Rini, of Medina, Ohio, on two counts of lying to federal agents and one count of aggravated identity theft. He had been ...Read more
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