PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam and Marshall County Health Department on Thursday announced 18 new cases of COVID-19, including an infection in a toddler. This brings the total since the pandemic began to 427 cases, with sixty-nine of those cases coming in the last seven days. Bureau County ...Read more
SUBLETTE – A farm shed suffered serious damage in a fire in rural Lee County on Wednesday. The Sublette and Amboy Fire Departments were called to the 200 block of Rockyford Road west of Sublette around 5 PM for a metal shed that had a significant fire at one end. It took about five minutes ...Read more
PERU – Profiler Phil Chalmers said he will be speaking with Dellmus Colvin again today to try to confirm the date and location of the remains of the person he claims he had killed sometime between 1999-2005 in LaSalle County. The 61-year-old is currently serving a life sentence in an Ohio ...Read more
PONTIAC – Twenty-two more residents of Livingston County tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday. That makes up almost half of the 49 active cases the Livingston County Health Department reported. Since the pandemic began, they have recorded four COVID-19 related deaths among residents. All ...Read more
LASALLE – Authorities are investigating a former truck wash and bones found along May Road in Peru, and it may be connected to statements made by an incarcerated serial killer in a Podcast released last week. Phil Chalmers, a Florida profiler who interviewed 61-year-old Dellmus ...Read more
MENDOTA – A house was filled with smoke in Mendota from a basement fire Tuesday. Around 5 AM Mendota and Troy Grove Fire Departments were called to the 1000 block of 13th Ave for smoke in a residence. Mendota Police had arrived on the scene first and found the family outside the ...Read more
STREATOR – A Streator man is in custody facing a number of charges after authorities spent two days searching for him after a firearms incident. The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office say that 34-year-old allegedly fired a gun at his estranged wife’s residence on Saturday night in ...Read more
PONTIAC – Just 33 cases of COVID-19 remain active in Livingston County after 12 new cases were found in the last three days. The Livingston County Health Department say a total of 193 people have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, with four deaths. All active ...Read more
PERU – As the start of fall approaches, Peru Alderman Aaron Buffo asked the council how they planned to approach Halloween for the children. Buffo voiced Monday evening that he didn’t want to see another event cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, saying that he believes ...Read more
DIXON – A Bureau County man has died after a motorcycle crash Saturday evening. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office say that around 11:20 PM they were called to the area of East River Road and Ravine Ave. in Dixon for a motorcycle that reportedly struck a guardrail. Authorities say ...Read more
