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UNDATED – One woman is dead after a 2-vehicle crash in Whiteside County on Monday. According to authorities, they responded to a 2-vehicle crash on Prophet Road just west of Luther Road. Upon arrival, deputies discovered the

UNDATED – The Bureau, Putnam, and Marshall County Health Departments have scheduled vaccination clinics for this week. According to the departments, at this point in time, there is no online registry due to huge technical issues. On

  HUNTLEY – A Huntley mobile phone store employee is convicted of downloading sexual images from a customer’s cell phone. According to the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office, In September of 2018, the victim visited a retail mobile

OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department is reporting 57 new cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of cases to 9602. New recovered cases are 46 and total recovered cases, 6611.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The state of Illinois and a Missouri city are suing the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for granting a license to an arms manufacturer that had gone bankrupt after

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois public health officials reported 3,385 fresh cases of coronavirus illness. Also Monday, 50 more deaths were reported as Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration eased social interaction restrictions

OTTAWA – LaSalle County Sheriff Thomas Templeton will be awarding a $500 scholarship. Applications are now available and must be postmarked by March 15th. Students must be enrolled as a full-time student during the 2021-2022 school year,

MENDOTA – Mendota Fire Chief Dennis Rutishauser’s son is following in his footsteps, joining the firefighters of Union Local 4200. Brady Rutishauser was sworn in at Monday night’s city council meeting as firefighter and paramedic. Rutishauser has

  OTTAWA- The LaSalle County Health Department is reporting 41 new cases of COVID-19 in the area on Monday. This brings the total number of cases in the county to 9545. There were zero new deaths to

CHICAGO (AP) — A former emergency room nurse at Stroger Hospital in Chicago was high on marijuana during at least one shift and took equipment and IV solution from the hospital, according to an investigative report. Cook

OTTAWA – The City of Ottawa Public Works Department will be closing a portion of the 1900 block of LaSalle Street on Tuesday, beginning at 7:00 a.m. for water main maintenance work. The closure to traffic will

  CHICAGO (AP) — A California man who told police that the coronavirus pandemic left him afraid to fly has been arrested on charges that he hid in a secured area at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport for

OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department will be having a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Illinois Valley Community College this week. The appointment-only public 1-B vaccine clinic will begin on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.,

  PERU – The Peru Public Library is opening for browsing by patrons this Wednesday, January 20th! When patrons stop by they will be able to browse the library’s collections on both floors. And they will notice

CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say a 61-year-old woman became the fourth person to die from a series of shootings this month by a Chicago gunman who was later killed in a police shootout. The Cook County medical

CHICAGO (AP) — A 21-year-old woman charged with robbing four Chicago convenience stores in the space of less than an hour has been ordered by a judge held on $50,000 bond. Jessica Short is charged with two

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois has collected $62 million from legalized marijuana sales that’s earmarked for helping minority businesses and neighborhood development, but the money hasn’t been spent yet. The Chicago Tribune reports problems with the state’s system

  STREATOR – The Streator Police Department reported a couple of incidents from Friday evening. They say that around noon a resident reported decorative lights were taken off of a garage in the 300 block of East

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Federal officials say a bird called the interior least tern is being dropped from the endangered species list. The small, fish-eating bird lives along rivers, lakes

CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago man who pleaded guilty in the New Year’s Eve 2018 shooting of a U.S. Postal Service worker has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison. A federal judge in Chicago

SPRINGFIELD – A police and criminal reform house bill that would drastically change law enforcement as we know it, is in the hands of Governor J.B. to sign. House Bill 3653 formerly House Bill 163, authored by

  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois National Guard members will be on duty this weekend in Springfield in response to state capitols being threatened across the country. Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday that members of the National

CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker says the spread of COVID-19 has slowed sufficiently that he’s easing restrictions in three Illinois regions, although strict rules will remain in place in Chicago and other parts of the state.

OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College is canceling its spring 2021 volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball seasons due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement was made Friday, by President Jerry Corcoran who said, “This was

CHICAGO (AP) — A 16-year-old boy has been charged as an adult in the slaying of a Chicago man who was fatally shot during an attempted carjacking of his SUV last month. Denroy Garcia’s name is being

By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The president of the Chicago Police officers’ union says 17 officers and supervisors have been suspended for their involvement in an incident in which several officers were captured on

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A man who was shot in the back by a police officer in Wisconsin, triggering several nights of violent protests, says he was prepared to surrender just before the officer opened fire. Jacob

PLAINFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois township supervisor is facing allegations he stole money over six years from the company he founded. Plainfield Township supervisor Anthony Fremarek is charged in an indictment unsealed Thursday with wire

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors in Wisconsin have asked a judge to order an Illinois teen charged with killing two people and wounding a third in a violent protest over a police shooting to stay out of

      PONTIAC – Thirty-six residents of Livingston County have tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus disease). Sadly, one more resident has also died due to complications related to COVID-19. The individual was a female in her

  CHICAGO (AP) — The city of Chicago is opening six mass COVID-19 vaccination sites that’ll be able to deliver roughly 25,000 weekly shots once fully operational. Mayor Lori Lightfoot visited a new site Thursday at a

SPRINGFIELD – A recently introduced bill that would eliminate police presence on school grounds in Illinois is no longer moving forward. House Bill 0029, filled by Representative Anne Stava-Murray, provides that law enforcement officers shall not maintain

SPRINGFIELD – A recently introduced bill that would eliminate police presence on school grounds in Illinois is no longer moving forward. House Bill 0029, filled by Representative Anne Stava-Murray (D), provides that law enforcement officers shall not

CHICAGO (AP) — A retired suburban Chicago priest charged in the 2019 death of a woman after he allegedly struck her with his car as she walked from a holiday party has died. The Archdiocese of Chicago

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago teachers punished for refusing to show up for the start of in-person classes over COVID-19 concerns have demonstrated outside the home of the school board president. Roughly 150