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SANDWICH – The Sandwich Police Department is warning people about phone scams in the area. According to authorities, scammers are spoofing the Social Security Administration’s 1-800 customer service number to try to get your personal information. The caller says he works for the

MENDOTA – A School Resource Officer (SRO) will begin serving Mendota High School at the start of the next school year. In a joint press release Wednesday morning, the City of Mendota and Mendota High School announced that the full-time officer position is pending approval of the City

SHERIDAN – A Newark woman has been identified as the victim after a two vehicle collision involving a semi-tractor trailer and a car Monday. In a release by LaSalle County Coroner William Wujek, 40-year-old Jaime J. Tuttle was killed in the crash on Illinois Route 71 four miles east of

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning several repairs projects for Illinois River dams that could interrupt barge traffic for much of summer 2020. The six projects announced by the Corps of Engineers extend from the Brandon Road Lock and Dam near Joliet to the

PRINCETON – A famous Abraham Lincoln portrait that will be displayed at the Bureau County Courthouse will be unveiled in a ceremony on Monday. The high quality reproduction of the beardless Lincoln photograph was made possible by donations from the Illinois Judges Association and the

PERU – Peru City Council members discussed snow plowing with the onslaught of winter weather at Tuesday night’s regular city council meeting. Council members stated that information regarding the Street Department’s snow plow procedures is listed on the city’s website. In light of

CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago alderman called Tuesday for prosecutors to investigate the fatal shooting of a black security guard by a white police officer outside the bar where the guard worked. Authorities have said little about the scene that ended early Sunday with the death of

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man who, which his wife, is accused of confining their 10-year-old daughter to their basement has been found unfit for trial. Lake County Assistant State’s Attorney George Pappas says 48-year-old Randy Swopes will be held in a secure treatment

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan says he supports Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker’s plans to legalize recreational marijuana and create a graduated income tax. The Chicago Democrat said Tuesday he’s had several “very friendly and very productive”

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois judge ordered an investigation Tuesday into allegations that Rockford police intentionally gave prosecutors the wrong gun to send a man to prison for more than two decades for murder. Winnebago County Judge Joseph McGraw gave the order the day Patrick