PERU – Some of the public bathrooms at Washington Park in Peru are going to be out of order after damage was reported over the last couple of weeks. In a press release by the Peru Police Chief Robert Pyszka, he said that they have had multiple incidents of damage in the restrooms this ...Read more
MAZON – A Joliet teen is in custody after a Grundy County deputy was shot during a traffic stop Thursday. The incident occurred on IL Route 47 near Mazon. Authorities say the deputy initiated a traffic stop when the vehicle allegedly fled from the scene and crashed into other vehicles ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a ticket broker of allegedly bilking the Chicago White Sox out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by fraudulently selling tickets to the team’s games with the help of two White Sox ticket sellers. The Chicago jury convicted 35-year-old Bruce ...Read more
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A judge has sentenced an Illinois woman to four days in jail for not moving away while a grizzly bear with two cubs got dangerously close to her in Yellowstone National Park. Twenty-five-year-old Samantha R. Dehring of Carol Stream, Illinois, pleaded ...Read more
By ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Il. (AP) — President Joe Biden is championing COVID-19 vaccination requirements and is determined that the roughly 67 million unvaccinated American adults must get the shot even as he acknowledges that mandates weren’t ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A jury has convicted a former Northwestern University professor of first-degree murder in the 2017 stabbing death of his boyfriend. Jurors in Cook County deliberated less than two hours Thursday before returning the guilty verdict against Wyndham Lathem, a renowned microbiologist ...Read more
MAZON – A suspect is in custody after a Grundy County deputy was shot during a traffic stop. The incident occurred on IL Route 47 near Mazon around 5 PM Thursday. Grundy County officials were asking all residents to stay inside, lock their doors, and report any suspicious ...Read more
STREATOR – The Streator Fire Department is honored as a Weather Ready National Ambassador of Excellence, a recognition by the National Weather Service. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NWS are recognizing the Streator Fire Department for their significant ...Read more
LASALLE – Firefighters in LaSalle handled a short blaze downtown Wednesday night. Fire Captain Dale Tieman says local crews knocked the fire down that occurred on the second floor of the unoccupied building on 1st and Hennepin around 7 p.m. No injuries were reported and the cause of ...Read more
By SARA BURNETT Associated Press ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — The money flowing to cities and states from the American Rescue Plan is so substantial and can be used for so many purposes that communities across the U.S. are trying out new, longer-term ways to fix what’s broken in their cities. In ...Read more
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