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CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump commuted what he called the “ridiculous” 14-year prison sentence handed out to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich for political corruption. The president’s decision clears the way for Blagojevich’s release after more than eight

OTTAWA – A man killed as a result of a single-vehicle accident near Millington has been identified. The LaSalle County Coroner on Tuesday said that 49-year-old William W. Davis, of Newark, is dead after a single-vehicle crash on Friday in the 100 block of Belle Rive Road and East 30th Road

  PERU – Property located behind CVS in Peru will soon be a car wash. At Monday nights city council meeting, Chairmen of Finance and Safety Service, Mike Radkte announces that Peru received over $538,000 for the closing of the property on Shooting Park Road and Route 251. The money

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Three law enforcement officials will be honored for their work investigating the killer of a visiting Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois. Sgt. James Carter, Detective Eric Stiverson and telecommunicator Kenny Costa of the University of Illinois Police

  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials’ plan to combat infestations of the gypsy moth will be the focus of several upcoming meetings in the northern part of the state. The Illinois Department of Agriculture has planned nine open houses to discuss treatment strategies at infested

  OGLESBY – The parents of a 21-year-old Sheridan man who was killed at an Aurora factory shooting have created a scholarship in his memory. The Trevor Melvin Wehner Scholarship will be awarded at Illinois Valley Community College to a female and male student annually for tuition,

STREATOR – Streator’s city council will be implementing a cannabis sales tax. Last month, the council amended its zoning code to allow recreational retailers to operate in certain commercial districts. If approved, a 3% tax will be passed after Wednesday’s city council meeting.

DIXON – A Dixon man is charged with attempting to hire an individual to carry out the murders of two people. According to the Lee County Courthouse, 49-year-old Matthew Milby Sr. is charged with two counts of solicitation of murder for hire, both class X felonies. Authorities say, after

DIXON – A Dixon man is charged with attempting to hire an individual to carry out the murders of two people. According to the Lee County Courthouse, 49-year-old Matthew Milby Sr. is charged with two counts of solicitation of murder for hire, both class X felonies. Authorities say, after

CHICAGO (AP) — An 80-year-old man is set to be released this week from an Illinois prison, nearly six decades after he was sentenced to life in prison for the killing of one of three suburban Chicago women whose brutalized bodies were found in a state park. Chester Weger was granted parole in