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MENDOTA- The Mendota City Council approved a proclamation for an upcoming day of recognition at Monday’s City Council Meeting. April 4th, 2019 was proclaimed Junior Achievement Day. The City Council also approved a $3,000 donation to the YMCA for Summer Camp Programs.

PERU – A woman from Oak Lawn was arrested last week for allegedly using counterfeit $100 bills at stores throughout Illinois.    On March 13th, 18 year-old Megan Robson was charged with forgery after an investigation by the Peru Police Department about suspect currency used at the Peru

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois State Police trooper was injured while conducting a traffic stop when a motorist slammed into his squad car on Interstate 80. Sunday’s incident marked the 13th time this year drivers have crashed into stationary squad cars that flashed emergency lights.

  AURORA – An Aurora man was arrested Sunday after allegedly shooting his neighbor in the leg over inappropriate comments. Police say Abelardo Ramos, 26, of Aurora confronted his Neighbor, Christian Aguilera, 23 of Rolling Meadows, after Aguilera made an inappropriate remark towards

PERU – Mayor Scott Harl announced that Peru would no longer be working towards the shared police service with LaSalle. Harl and council members expressed disappointment that the city would no longer be working toward the shared service agreement but explained that they felt it was no

MENDOTA- A gruff situation transpired in Mendota Monday as police had to butt heads with an unusual escapee – a goat.  Authorities were at first skeptical of the call, assuming it was dispatch just kidding around.  The goat was apprehended in the 300 block of 2nd Ave. without incident and

FREEPORT, Ill. (AP) — Residents in northern and western Illinois continue to deal with flooding as rivers swell from melting snow and recent rains. National Weather Service readings Monday show major flooding along the Pecatonica River at Shirland and Freeport and the Rock River in the Rockford

CHICAGO (AP) — A prison inmate serving a life sentence for murder has been granted a new trial after an appellate court determined Chicago police tortured him into implicating himself in the 1989 slayings of two men. Fifty-three-year-old James Gibson hopes the charges will be dismissed and

PRINCETON – The man who was the center of the police standoff in Princeton most of the day on Friday has not yet had a bond hearing. Princeton Police say they were called to the 600 block of North First Street early Friday for the report of a person with a weapon in a home. Inside, they say

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois high school graduates have increasingly chosen to enroll in out-of-state colleges and universities in recent years, according to new state data. The Illinois Board of Higher Education’s figures reveal that the exodus is continuing, the Chicago Tribune