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CHICAGO (AP) — Two brothers are accused in Illinois of forcing a 17-year-old Texas girl into prostitution and holding her against her will when she expressed a desire to return home. Twenty-nine-year-old Eric Johnson was charged Tuesday with aggravated criminal sexual assault and aggravated

CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (AP) — The demolition of a suburban Chicago house where authorities say a couple beat their 5-year-old son to death has begun. Chicago-based Green Demolition Contractors Inc. is donating its services to demolish the the dilapidated Crystal Lake house where Andrew “AJ”

LINCOLN, Ill. (AP) — A former Bradley University baseball player was among the three people killed when a small airplane crashed on the median of an interstate highway near Lincoln, Illinois. Illinois State Police announced Wednesday the victims of Tuesday’s crash were 22-year-old Mitchell

CHICAGO (AP) — R&B singer R. Kelly is due in federal court to enter a plea to an updated federal indictment that includes sex abuse allegations involving a new accuser.  The 53-year-old is expected to plead not guilty at Thursday’s hearing in Chicago to a superseding indictment

OTTAWA – The city of Ottawa is taking action to reduce the number of gambling businesses within its limits. Council passed a change to their code, limiting the number of gaming cafes to nine, eventually. Mayor Dan Aussem says existing businesses with gaming licenses are grandfathered in,

OTTAWA – The alleged hackers of LaSalle County’s government computers are reportedly asking for hundreds of thousands of dollars. At a press conference Wednesday morning, LaSalle County Sheriff Tom Templeton said he could not confirm details of the investigation, however public safety

  UNDATED – Illinois has the second highest real-estate property tax rate in the United States, according to the recent study. Personal-finance website WalletHub released a report naming Illinois second highest with a statewide average of 2.30%, nearly double the national average.

OTTAWA – Illegal firearms were confiscated and four were arrested on gun charges in the latest of a series of sweeps announced Wednesday in Ottawa. The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office, TRI-DENT, Streator Police and Ottawa Police executed search warrants on a location in the 400 block

SPRING VALLEY – A resale shop in Spring Valley reported a burglary early Wednesday.  According to the Spring Valley Police Department, they responded around 1:30 AM to the 100 Block of East St. Paul Street where they discovered the front door glass of a resale shop had been broken out and

    OTTAWA – Ottawa’s City Council tabled approving a junk yard proposed on Marquette Street. During public comment at Tuesday night’s meeting residents of Price Street spoke against allowing a new junk yard in the 900 block of West Marquette Street because of the poor