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ROCKFORD – The Mercyhealth Development Foundation announced Monday that it has committed more than $400,000 to purchase 30 life-saving devices for Emergency Medical Services agencies. Mendota, Dixon, Amboy and Paw Paw Fire Departments were among many announced that were getting the

NILES, Ill. (AP) — A police officer in suburban Chicago took off his shoes and gave them to a homeless man who had tripped because of poor footwear. The Niles police department says on Facebook that Officer Brian Zagorski gave up his shoes Saturday. He also offered a pack with toiletries and

MOMENCE, Ill. (AP) — A man and a dog are presumed drowned after their boat crashed into a logjam on a river in Kankakee County. Momence Fire Chief Jim Spoon said that the logjam on the Kankakee River is about 25 feet wide, near the Illinois-Indiana border. Another man who was thrown from the

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago woman is being held without bond on first-degree murder charges filed in the death of her parents. Cook County prosecutors say 43-year-old Deborah Jane Martin of Arlington Heights repeatedly stabbed her father, 72-year-old David Martin, and

CHICAGO (AP) — Surveillance video obtained exclusively by The Associated Press shows two fast-moving Chicago police vehicles with their emergency lights on colliding at an intersection, then crashing into a stationary car and killing an 84-year-old retired teacher. The video was provided to the

MENDOTA – OSF HealthCare announced a donation of $1,025 to the Mendota Township High School that will benefit MHS athletic programs.  The donation is from the proceeds from the sports physical clinic fundraiser that took place at Mendota High School on May 8. Dawn Trompeter, OSF Saint Paul

UTICA – Starved Rock Park’s Superintendent says there will be a partial opening to the main parking lot this week. Kerry Novak says the river has receded at Starved Rock’s main parking lot and clean up will take place in hopes to have a portion opened within the next few days.

    STREATOR – Farmers are rushing to get crops in the ground, though not the plant they were hoping for. By this time last year fields in LaSalle County were budding with corn stalks, but after a historic stretch of rainfall this season, some farmers are left with ponds. According

FAIR OAKS, Ind. (AP) — Three people have been charged with animal cruelty following the release of video showing workers kicking and throwing young calves at a northwestern Indiana dairy farm that’s an agritourism destination. The Newton County Sheriff’s Department said Monday that