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CHICAGO – Local unemployment rates made a slight increase during the month of November.  According to the Illinois Department of Employment and Security, LaSalle County is 4.3% unemployed, the highest rates locally. Putnam County made the biggest increase, still the lowest rates locally,

OTTAWA – A mental health exam is pending for a LaSalle man accused of suffocating his infant son. 23-year-old Kenneth Herbst faces first degree murder charges stemming from a March incident in the 900 block of Grant Street in LaSalle where authorities say he smothered his 2-month-old son

PERU – Early this afternoon, Peru Police Department responded to a business in the 5300 block of Mahoney Drive in Peru to investigate a reported attempted armed robbery and stabbing of a 50 year-old woman. The woman was transported by ambulance to Illinois Valley Community Hospital with a

UNDATED – Its been three years since north central Illinois has experienced the unseasonably warm weather we’ve had these past few days. According to Weatherology Meteorologist Ray Miller, December 2016 was also a mild one, with temperatures in the upper 50s. He says high pressure

MINOOKA – 100 gallons of a highly toxic chemical leaked after a single vehicle crash Thursday morning on I-80 in Minooka. According to the Illinois State Police, just after 7 a.m. a freightliner truck traveling westbound on I-80 near Minooka, in a reported construction zone, lost control

CULLOM – The identity of a person connected in the deaths of 3 people in Livingston County has been released. According to the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office, 53-year-old Clifford W. Brewer of Cullom is charged with three counts of first degree murder for the alleged involvement

CULLOM, IL – Three people are dead after a triple homicide in Livingston County.   In the early Christmas morning hours Livingston County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a home in the 400 block of East Jackson Street in Cullom where they discovered a deceased 51-year-old male, a

OTTAWA – With families gathered around the table for a holiday meal, sometimes things could be left unattended in the kitchen and that could lead to a dangerous situation. Sources of fire in the kitchen could be as simple as an overloaded circuit, a grease fire, a microwave fire, or a

  OTTAWA – OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center is requesting the public to limit their visits. As a precautionary measure to protect patients, family members and staff the Illinois Department of Public Health is reccomending that during this time of increased seasonal flu activity and

CHICAGO – The American Automobile Association forecasts that 104 million Americans will travel by car, the most on record for a year-end holiday. AAA Spokesperson Jeanette Casselano, says only about a dozen states are seeing more expensive gas prices with increases of less than a dime. In