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CHESTERTON, Ind. (AP) — An Illinois teenager has been  identified as the swimmer who drowned in Lake Michigan at Indiana Dunes State Park. The Porter County coroner’s office says 18-year-old Dominic Snovicky of Plainfield, Illinois, was rushed to Porter Regional Hospital and pronounced

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man is free after getting his 2008 murder conviction vacated following new evidence that revealed he was not responsible for the death of his infant son, partly because of efforts from a group in the state that’s cleared more than a dozen people

KANKAKEE – A Kankakee felon was arrested on Monday on weapons charges by the Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group.   They say they executed a search warrant for the home of  26-year-old Nelson J. Brown.  During the search, authorities allegedly found a 9mm handgun.  Brown was

OTTAWA – An Ottawa man is being held at the LaSalle County Jail after a Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team investigation into drug sales.  They say that on Tuesday around 6 PM they arrested 43-year-old Jeremy D. Charbonneau on a warrant for unlawful delivery of Heroin/Fentanyl, a

BUREAU – A woman is dead after a house fire Tuesday evening in Bureau County.   The Bureau County Sheriff’s Office said that after 7:30 PM they were called to the 100 block of South Peoria Street in Bureau for a reported house fire with someone trapped inside.  Multiple agencies

HENRY – A person is dead after a fatal motorcycle crash in Putnam County Wednesday.  The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office say that around 11:45 AM they received a call for a single vehicle crash on Illinois 18 in Magnolia Township.  The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. 

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 715 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the state, with 64 additional deaths. The IDPH is currently reported a total of 138,540 cases since the pandemic began, with 6,770 deaths. Dr. Ezike of the Illinois Department of

OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department reported that an male in his 70’s has died from complications related to coronavirus. The individual had earlier tested positive for COVID-19, and is the 17th COVID-19 related death in the county. The LCHD also announced five additional cases

PONTIAC – Two additional residents of Livingston County have tested positive for COVID-19, the health department announced on Wednesday. These individuals, a male in his 20s and a female in her 50s, are both recovering at home in isolation. Since the start of the pandemic, the Livingston