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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charles Manson, the hippie cult leader who became the hypnotic-eyed face of evil across America after orchestrating the gruesome murders of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six others in Los Angeles during the summer of 1969, died Sunday after nearly a half-century in prison.

SABULA, Iowa (AP) — An $80.6 million bridge crossing the Mississippi River to link Iowa and Illinois is opening after two years of construction. Officials from the Iowa and Illinois transportation departments joined with local leaders Friday to celebrate completion of the bridge connecting

JOLIET – A Coal City man has been arrested and charged with concealing a homicidal death in the investigation into the murder of Kaityln Kearns. Kearns was reported missing Tuesday after being last seen early Monday at a bar in Joliet where she was a bartender.  Detectives located her

STREATOR – The Illinois Department of Public Health has approved the OSF HealthCare Freestanding Emergency Center in Streator to handle an increased number of Advanced Life Support ambulances. The announcement was made during a news conference Friday Morning. The center will begin accepting

STREATOR – An Essex Illinois man was killed when a semi tractor trailer and a box truck collided on US Route 23 north of Grand Ridge Friday morning.  37-year old Dustin W. Webster was pronounced dead at the scene by the LaSalle County Coroner’s Office. The road was closed for over

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Police say they’re investigating the death of a missing Mokena woman as a homicide after she was found fatally shot in the head. The Will County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday that detectives located 24-year-old Kaitlyn Kearns’s body and her 1996 Jeep Grand

CHICAGO (AP) — Seven Chicago police officers connected to a corrupt sergeant who shook down drug dealers have been placed on desk duty as their conduct is investigated. The action came hours after a Cook County judge threw out the felony drug convictions of 15 black men who all say they were

DEKALB – A two year old is dead and a DeKalb woman has been arrested after allegedly slamming the childs head into a hardwood floor last Friday. On November 10th the DeKalb Police Department were notified that a child had sustained a severe brain injury under suspicious circumstances.

LELAND – A collision near Leland has left one person dead and six injured. Around 6:30 AM Wednesday Leland, Somonauk, Sheridan and Earlville EMS were called to the intersection of US Route 34 and East 1950th Road for a two vehicle rollover accident with entrapment. According to the

DEKALB – A Muslim woman wearing a head scarf was assaulted by a man Monday evening in DeKalb in what police are calling a hate crime. A little after noon in the 2300 block of Sycamore Road police were called responding to the report of a battery. Officers spoke with the victim who