Local Headlines

UTICA – Heavy rains which dumped over 4” over parts of LaSalle County will cause some localized flooding.   One area that is always one of the first to be hit, the lower parking area and boat ramps at Starved Rock, are expected to be inundated soon by the rising Illinois River.   The

DEKALB – A man is dead after allegedly trying to attack police officers with a Samurai Sword.   The DeKalb Police Department were called around 3 AM Monday to the 100 Block of Tilton Park Drive, where a female subject had called to report a domestic disturbance and a male individual

UTICA – A rural fire in LaSalle County sent one firefighter to the hospital after a fall through the floor into the basement.   Around 9:30 PM Sunday Utica Fire was called to the 1100 block of North 32nd Road for a gas meter on fire.   Responding crews found the front of the vacant home

PERU – Many area police departments are echoing the same message this Halloween, ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’. With the streets filled with children during weekend nights for the holiday, authorities are urging those adults who wish to celebrate to get a designated driver.

CEDAR POINT – One person was killed after a vehicle struck a building in Cedar Point Saturday night. According to the Cedar Point Fire Department, they were called around 9:30 PM to Illinois Highway 71 near 1st Street, where a vehicle for unknown reasons left the roadway, hit a power pole

DEKALB – A Two vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer has taken the life of a DeKalb man. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s office were called to the intersection of Peace Road and Fairview Drive Friday around 11:30 AM, where they found a sedan driven by a 25-year-old Belvidere man had