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PERU – Beginning at 5:00 a.m., Monday, July 2, 2018, Shooting Park Road from Peoria Street to West Street will be reduced to a single lane for eastbound traffic and a single lane for westbound traffic.  Traffic control measures will be in place.  The temporary lane closures are necessary

OTTAWA – A Rally to demand a halt to the child-separation policy the Trump Administration practices on immigrant families, will be held in Ottawa Saturday.   The protest is scheduled to begin at 2PM on the 100th block of Main Street. Speakers include Rockford immigration attorney Sara

OTTAWA – Ottawa police arrested a man after a high speed chase that caused minor injuries to officers and a confrontation where the suspect attempted to take an officers weapon. According to the Ottawa police department, 39-year-old William Charles Edick Jr was in a vehicle in the 100 block

OTTAWA – Excessive heat warnings are in effect for this weekend according to the National Weather Service. A heat advisory will begin at 10 a.m. Friday and end Saturday evening. Temperatures are said to reach the upper 90’s with a heat index between 105 and 110 degrees.  It’s

MENDOTA – A teen is facing a number of charges after a pursuit in Mendota Wednesday night. In a press release Friday the Mendota Police Department say that just before midnight Wednesday they observed a vehicle with four occupants leaving a park after hours. When an officer attempted to

SYCAMORE – County and Federal authorities are trying to determine who robbed an armored car Thursday morning in Sycamore.   According to the Sycamore Police Department around 9:40 in the morning at least two individuals in masks arrived at a business in the 1400 block of South Peace Road

SPRING VALLEY – A six vehicle accident in Bureau County injured four people yesterday. Illinois State Police were called after 8AM for a reported collision on I-80 between Princeton and Spring Valley. David Rakestraw of Annawan, was driving into the construction zone, when he allegedly off

LASALLE – A child is in critical condition after being found at the bottom of a pool in LaSalle yesterday. LaSalle Police, LaSalle Fire Department, and EMS were called after 7 p.m. for a drowning child on Rockwell Road. The 3-year-old child was pulled from the bottom of an above ground

STREATOR – It’s all good news for the Streator Township High School, according to Superintendent Matthew Seaton. The School board met to discuss finances, projects and proposals for the school. With the high school’s positive financial position, the school plans on building a

OTTAWA – A Marseilles man who was on parole was arrested on felony drug charges on Sunday. According to the Ottawa Police, 46-year-old Robert L. Sims was a passenger in a vehicle involved in an accident in May and reportedly fled on foot. He was spoken to by a detective on that date and was