MENDOTA – A Mendota man was injured when he collided with a vehicle while riding a bicycle. The Mendota Police Department say on Wednesday around 3:30 PM they were called to the intersection of Washington Street and 10th Ave for the report of a crash. Authorities say a vehicle driven
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STREATOR – No injuries were reported after an oven fire Wednesday in Streator. Around 3:30 PM the Streator Fire Department were called to the 700 block of South Monroe Street. All residents of the single story home had evacuated the structure, and it took crews about 5 minutes to
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OTTAWA – An attorney from Morris has been selected to be the next Associate Circuit Judge in the Illinois Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. Scott Belt was appointed last Friday. The Morris High School graduate attended SIU and Western Michigan School of Law. Prior to becoming an attorney, Belt
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CHICAGO (AP) — A woman who says she was yanked by her hair from a car by Chicago police during a May encounter at a shopping mall has filed a federal lawsuit against the city. Mia Wright and four family members claim their civil rights were violated. The incident occurred during unrest in
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CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says more than 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the state. The update comes the same day Illinois reported another 6,762 cases and 135 deaths. More than 15,500 people in the state have died from COVID-19 with 918,070 total
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CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say an 84-year-old Chicago man died after he was struck by a speeding vehicle while crossing a street in his wheelchair. Marvin Brown was struck Monday by a Mercedes driven by a 29-year-old man as he crossed a street in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. Police
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JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Police in a Chicago suburb fatally shot a man brandishing what they believed to be a handgun but was later determined to be a BB gun. Joliet police responded late Tuesday to call of a person threatening to shoot people. Authorities say when police arrived on the scene, they
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JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Police in a Chicago suburb fatally shot a man brandishing what they believed to be a handgun but was later determined to be a BB gun. Joliet police responded late Tuesday to call of a person threatening to shoot people. Authorities say when police arrived on the scene, they
Continue Reading »SPRINGFIELD – The latest county unemployment numbers have been released by the state, and they show some counties have had the number of unemployed go up in the last month. Bureau County reported that the unemployment rate was 3.9% for October, but in November that climbed to 4.7%. Putnam
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PONTIAC – Twenty more residents of Livingston County and seven inmates at the Pontiac Correctional Center have tested positive for COVID-19. The Livingstson County Health Department on Wednesday reported the new cases, adding to the 134 active infections in the county. Since the pandemic
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