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OGLESBY – A new scholarship opportunity is being offered at Illinois Valley Community College for students who have a love of animals. The Kristyne K. Curley Memorial scholarship was created by her husband, Scott Curley with a $10,000 donation to the Illinois Valley Community College

GENEVA, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago nurse who was held hostage and raped by a hospitalized jail inmate will receive $7.2 million in a settlement. Four nurses with Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital sued Kane County over the hostage situation that unfolded in May 2017 when 21-year-old

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Attorneys for the man charged with kidnapping and killing a Chinese University of Illinois scholar say the FBI searched his jail cell when he was in court. Brendt Christensen’s attorneys now want a judge to force the FBI to divulge what they found in Friday’s

COMPTON – Congressman Adam Kinzinger appeared in Compton today to announce a USDA Rural Development investment. The village will receive a loan of $680,000 and a grant of $956,000, which will go towards constructing a new water tower, rehabilitating the well building, and replacing the

    LASALLE – LaSalle Peru Township High School is conducting a Code Red/Active Shooter safety drill later this week. Students will be dismissed early this Wednesday at 11:20am, while faculty and staff will practice safety procedures to prepare for potential emergency situations with

MENDOTA – The Mendota Police Department will begin actively upgrading enforcement in school zones beginning Monday.  They say they’ll be focusing on child safety seats, use of cell phones and speeding in and around the community.  The Mendota Police will be enhancing their patrols

FARMINGTON – A statewide Amber Alert that was issued for an infant that was in a stolen car was a hoax created by a man who allegedly was the victim of a robbery during a drug deal.   The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office say they received a call around 5 p.m.  for a stolen car from a

HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — A Michigan woman who was crushed by her own vehicle at a tollbooth along the Indiana Toll Road has died from her injuries. Illinois State Police say 40-year-old Luciana Ortiz of Otsego, Michigan, died Wednesday, four days after she was injured after dropping her debit card

STREATOR – The city of Streator is pushing for a ban on non-licensed video gambling also known as sweepstakes machines. In a council meeting earlier this week, council agreed to draft an ordinance to ban the machines. The profits from the non-licensed machines stay with the business and the

    OTTAWA – An Ottawa Township High School staff member was arrested Friday on a charge of sexual assaulting a minor, officials say. Authorities state 22-year-old Alex Jacob-Guadalupe Fuentes was charged with sexually assaulting and abusing a minor in April of 2018. Ottawa Police