Local Headlines

UTICA — A fire Wednesday evening in the 600 block of South Clark Street in Utica had many area departments responding.  Utica, LaSalle, Mendota, Naplate, Troy Grove, Wallace, Tonica, Oglesby Fire and EMS responded to the scene

SPRINGFIELD – Republican Bruce Rauner conceded his re-election bid to Democrat JB Pritzker in the Illinois Governors race on Tuesday. Statewide, 54 percent of voters voted in favor of Pritzker. LaSalle County received a total voter turnout

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) — A 10-year-old girl charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of a 6-month-old baby told investigators that she panicked after dropping the infant, and stomped on the child’s head to stop

PRINCETON – The referendum on the ballot in Bureau and Putnam County to build a new school and demolish old buildings has failed.  The question asked if they should raise $35 million in bonds for the construction

PRINCETON – A Referendum was made on the Princeton Ballot to propose a new middle school facility. The Board of Education of Princeton School District approved a ballot proposal to fund the construction of a new school

PAW PAW – The votes are in for the fate of Paw Paw High School, a yes or no question that was posed on the ballot. The Paw Paw Board of Education  put the issue of deactivating

  HENNEPIN – 26-year-old Richard Henderson Pleaded Guilty to Count 4 of First Degree Murder in the stabbing of Spring Valley Teenager, Diamond Bradley in a negotiation deal, at the Putnam County Courthouse on Tuesday. Henderson agreed

WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A DuPage County man has pleaded guilty to charges he supplied a fatal dose of methadone to a 15-year-old foreign exchange student from Spain. DuPage County prosecutors say 38-year-old Francis Emanuele of Downers

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has refused to dismiss the case against three Chicago police officers accused of participating in a cover-up surrounding the fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald. Monday’s ruling by Cook County Judge Domenica