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MENDOTA – A rural Mendota home was severely damaged after a Monday night house fire. Around 10 PM Mendota and Troy Grove Fire were called to the scene in the 3900 block of East 3rd Road for

PERU – The city of Peru announced a feasibility study will begin regarding a public pool. Representatives from Counsilman-Hunsaker & Associates spoke to the council on Monday night about the study that will look at what a

OTTAWA – LaSalle County Board will wait to act on approving or rejecting the sale of cannabis on unincorporated areas until January. The Zoning Board of Appeals had previously recommended that the County Board prohibit any sale

OTTAWA – Prosecution rested their case against a former Ottawa fireman accused of drowning his wife. The LaSalle County State’s Attorneys claim 52-year-old Kenneth Cusick is guilty of first degree murder for allegedly drowning his wife Tracy,

OTTAWA – A Forensic Toxicologist says Tracy Cusick’s death was not an overdose. 52-year-old Kenneth Cusick a former Ottawa fireman is accused of killing his wife Tracy by drowning her in a toilet in 2006. According to

OTTAWA – A Forensic Toxicologist takes the stand Monday to testify for prosecution in the murder trial of a former Ottawa Fireman. 52-year-old Kenneth Cusick is accused of drowning his wife, Tracy in a toilet in 2006.

MORRIS, Ill. (AP) — Authorities said an inmate that escaped from the Grundy county jail while helping deliver meals has been captured. The Sheriff’s office says 34-year-old Andrew J. Viles walked out of the jail in Morris

STREATOR – Pets were rescued Saturday after a house fire in Streator significantly damaged a home.  According to the Streator Fire Department they were called around 10 AM to a home in the 900 block of Maple

OTTAWA – An Ottawa man is charged in connection to an investigation by the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team on Thursday. 29-year-old Charles A. Bishop is charged with Unlawful Delivery of over one gram of purported heroin after a

ORLAND PARK (AP) – A 73-year-old priest who had attended a Christmas party is charged in the death of a Chicago-area teacher who was hit by a car. Police say the Rev. Paul Burak was taken into

SPRINGFIELD (AP) – An Illinois judge has ruled that a man who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2004 fatal shooting of a state Capitol building security officer can transfer from a secured

MARSEILLES IL (AP) — A caravan of trucks is making its way from Maine to Washington D.C. for a special journey, including one in North Central Illinois.  The trucks contain thousands of wreaths made in Maine —

CHICAGO – (AP) A female member of former Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson’s security detail has been accused of damaging a cellphone that investigators asked to examine as part of their probe of the incident that led

VANDALIA (AP)- A state trooper has been relieved of duty and charged with sexual assault in connection with incidents alleged to have occurred when he worked at a southern Illinois high school. Illinois State Police say 29-year-old

QUINCY (AP) – A federal grand jury has indicted three Illinois prison guards on charges of assault and civil rights violations in the May 2018 death of an inmate at Western Illinois Correctional Center. Lt. Todd Sheffler,