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OTTAWA – A 39 year-old Ottawa man is in jail for cocaine possession and unlawful delivery following a Trident operation in which an undercover vehicle was damaged. According to the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team, Thursday afternoon in the 500 block of Norris Drive agents

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum in Illinois wants people to share their stories about baseball. The library in Springfield has for several months been hosting a special exhibit about the rivalry between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals.

HENNEPIN, Ill. — A Putnam County man has pleaded not guilty to killing his sister-in-law, who went missing before her body was found in a shallow grave last year. Authorities report that 67-year-old Clifford Andersen of Standard entered the plea through his defense attorney Thursday afternoon.

Oglesby – Illinois Valley Community College trustees Thursday approved a tentative $11.8 million tax levy for 2017, up less than five percent over the actual 2016 levy of $11.3 million.   As a result of the levy, the owner of a $120,000 home can expect taxes equal to or slightly less than

Sheridan – A Sheridan man was arrested by The Tri County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team, otherwise known as Trident.  Trident officials say Wednesday afternoon they purchased 4 grams of heroin from a man they identify as 50 year old Lorne J. Barnes, of E. Grant Street, Sheridan.  Authorities

CHICAGO (AP) — An appeals court has ruled in a civil case brought by a “GoTopless Day” activist that a Chicago ordinance barring women from baring their chests in public doesn’t violate her constitutional rights. The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin reports a three-judge panel of

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner downplayed on Thursday the beating he took in the fall legislative session as evidence of an “ongoing and difficult” struggle for a better state. With less than a year before he stands for re-election, lawmakers finished work Thursday after

HENNEPIN – The Putnam County Grand Jury has indicted 67 year-old Clifford Anderson of Murder in the death of a Ladd woman in 2016. The charge of murder is in addition to a previous indictment of Concealment of a Homicidal Death in the August disappearance of 62 year-old Deborah K Dewey of

NORTHBROOK, Ill. (AP) — Suburban Chicago police are asking for the public’s help locating a murder suspect who they say fled by truck to Mexico from Texas earlier this year. Northbrook police said Wednesday that there is an arrest warrant for 51-year-old John G. Panaligan of Aurora in the

Springfield, IL – Representatives from LaSalle County Health Department’s Medical Reserve Corps were in Springfield Wednesday to accept the “Governor’s Hometown Award.” LaSalle County was chosen to receive the award for work addressing the opiod crisis through the