Local Headlines

WEDRON – An armed robbery was reported in Wedron on Tuesday. According to LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office, they were called after 9 p.m. for an armed robbery at a home in the 200 block of North 3372nd Road. According to deputies, they arrived at the scene and spoke to two male victims in

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Online fantasy sports providers FanDuel and DraftKings can use the names and statistics of college football players without consent and compensation because the material has news value, the Indiana Supreme Court said Wednesday. The court in a unanimous ruling rejected the

DIXON – An officer who has served Lee County retired Wednesday, after working diligently on all four feet since 2011.   K-9 Officer Pepper will be spending his days now with his handler and now new owners family after seven years on patrol.   Lee County Sheriff John Simonton said that

STREATOR – Three Streator men are in jail after a Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team investigation this week. In a release Wednesday by Trident, Heroin and Cocaine sales investigations culminated in three arrests earlier this week. On Tuesday afternoon, 32-year-old Darryl D. Gullens

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois appellate court has ruled that a state labor board erred when it declared that Gov. Bruce Rauner’s negotiations with a state labor union were at a standstill. The ruling Tuesday by the Fourth District Appellate Court sends the issue back to the

CHICAGO (AP) — A stolen auto that was recovered by Chicago police and parked near a district police station, from where it was stolen again. The 1999 Toyota Camry belonging to Brien Jackson remains missing, and now Jackson and his father say they want to know what happened. The car was stolen

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man found guilty of fatally shooting a rival street gang member in 2003 will not be granted a retrial even though the convicted man’s twin claims that he committed the crime and not his brother, a judge ruled Tuesday. In 2016, Kevin Dugar’s twin, Karl Smith,

WATERMAN – A crash between a van and a UTV Tuesday afternoon seriously injured a woman from Waterman.  In a release by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s office, they say that around 2 p.m. a van traveling southbound near the 11000 block of Waterman Road struck a UTV that allegedly entered

  OGLESBY – An old Starved Rock trail has been transformed into an interpretive trail with the help of a local organization. Adopted by the Starved Rock Walkers club, the interpretive trail features nine of eleven signs displaying the history of the State Park and Starved Rock Lodge.

LASALLE – A Job Fair hosted by the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs, the Illinois Department of Employment Security, and Illinois Department of Revenue will be taking place on Thursday. Veterans are encouraged to register starting at 10 a.m. at the Illinois Veterans’