CLARENDON HILLS, Ill. (AP) — A passenger has been killed and two others hurt after a commuter train collided with a semi-trailer at a crossing in suburban Chicago. A spokesman for the Metra system says the train’s engineer and conductor also were injured in the crash about 8:30 a.m. ...Read more
PERU – The City of Peru Police Department will be reminding motorists to ‘Click It or Ticket’. The Peru Police Department will be stepping up enforcement starting Friday ahead of Memorial Day travels as part of a campaign administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation ...Read more
EUREKA – The Woodford County Sheriff’s Office is warning the public about a scam involving arrest warrants. They reported on social media that residents are getting calls from individuals claiming to be from the Sheriff’s Office, stating that the potential victim has a warrant ...Read more
LASALLE – A Streator man has been arrested in connection with a fatal hit and run last Sunday in LaSalle. The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office say they located the suspected vehicle involved, a Cadillac Escalade, and following a brief investigation, took 26-year-old Gabriel Benitez in to ...Read more
STREATOR – Streator officials have until June to figure out if they would like to keep their existing ambulance services or take other routes. City Manager Dave Plyman gave a brief update to council members on Tuesday of the options being explored like in-house services, or ...Read more
UNDATED – Todd D. Volker has been named as the new Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of La Salle, Bureau and Putnam Counties effective May 2, 2022. The announcement was made by the Habitat LBPC Board of Directors. Volker assumes the position following the retirement ...Read more
By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A historically Black college in central Illinois that saw its enrollment plummet during the COVID-19 pandemic says it has been unable to recover and must close its doors after 157 years. Lincoln College in the community of Lincoln says that it will ...Read more
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A jury has convicted a suburban Chicago woman of involuntary manslaughter for failing to give her son the medical care he required after a heart transplant. It also found 41-year-old Jennifer Stroud of Park City, also guilty of endangering the life of a child. The Daily ...Read more
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a SWAT team member fatally shot an armed man inside a suburban Chicago bank branch. Romeoville police say the suspect was shot by a Will County SWAT officer and was taken to an hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police say the suspect had briefly ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man who posted online to urge others to join massive crowds that were looting downtown businesses in the summer of 2020 has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison. Twenty-three-year-old James Massey learned his sentence Tuesday after pleading guilty in February ...Read more
