OTTAWA – As his last duty of Commissioner for Streets and Public Improvements, James J. Less approved to advertise bids for the 2019 curb replacement project. Main areas that will undergo concrete work are East Stevenson Road, the Turnberry Subdivision, Wake Street, Nebraska Street, Post ...Read more
OTTAWA – LaSalle County Board approved an amended lease with Midwest Barge Terminal to operate on riverfront property on Thursday’s meeting. After a 75% majority vote was not reached to approve the lease during last month’s board meeting, Midwest Barge Terminal agreed that it would not ...Read more
OTTAWA – No injuries were reported in a train versus semi truck accident in Ottawa, Thursday. According to the truck driver, he reportedly was traveling on Boyce Memorial Drive, focused on watching out for a train on the tracks farthest to him, when he allegedly failed to see the train ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Advocates for a transgender inmate who received rare approval from Illinois prison authorities to move from a men’s to a women’s prison have asked Gov. J.B. Pritzker to grant her clemency so she can be released immediately. The Chicago Sun-Times Thursday reports that ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The FBI has added a man to its Ten Most Wanted list who’s accused of killing his wife just hours after their 2012 wedding. The FBI says 37-year-old Arnoldo Jimenez of Chicago may have fled to Mexico. Jimenez is accused of stabbing 26-year-old Estrella Carrera in his ...Read more
STREATOR – The Sandy Ford Bridge in LaSalle County will be closed from Monday, May 13th – Thursday May 16th for inspections. A detour will not be posted. Digital sign boards indicate the hours of the closure will be from 8 AM – 4 PM each day. The bridge is located on ...Read more
DES MOINES – Police in Iowa are investigating what apparently was a mountain lion within the city limits of Des Moines. Wednesday night security footage from a homeowners backyard caught the large cat pacing around the back steps of the home. Authorities have begun urging residents, ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Democratic Illinois comptroller has dedicated a memorial to trailblazing Republican politician Judy Baar Topinka. Susana Mendoza unveiled the small monument Wednesday to the late Topinka outside the comptroller’s office building in Springfield. Topinka was ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Official misconduct charges have been filed against a Chicago police officer who is accused of touching three women without their consent while on duty. The Chicago Police Department announced Wednesday that Officer Corey Deanes was arrested Tuesday and charged with official ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A three-year prison sentence has been handed a man found guilty of hacking the servers of a northern Illinois company after he was fired. Edward Soybel, a former computer technician for Lake Forest-based W.W. Grainger, was convicted by a federal jury in December of 12 counts of ...Read more
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