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  LASALLE – On Dec. 7, 1941, Japan launched an attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.  22-year-old Adolf J. Loebach of Peru was a Navy Fire Controlman 3rd Class on board the USS Oklahoma who was killed after the ship capsized from torpedo hits.  Over 400 men lost

OTTAWA – A forensic pathologist says that there’s foul play in the death of a woman that prosecutors claim was drowned by her husband. 52-year-old Kenneth Cusick, a former Ottawa fireman, is accused of drowning his wife in a toilet in 2006. Prosecution witness Dr. Scott Denton took the

STREATOR – OSF HealthCare and community partners re-opened their brand new facility in Streator on Thursday. OSF HealthCare’s Vice President for Ambulatory Services Don Damron says the hub is one of six initiatives to improve and redefine rural health care. The 5-floor facility

  OTTAWA – A plumber and a bio-mechanic scholar gave expert witness testimonies on behalf of prosecution at the trial of a former Ottawa fireman accused of murder. 52-year-old Kenneth Cusick faces a charge of first degree murder for allegedly drowning his wife in a toilet January 2006.

ELGIN – A Kane County Sheriff’s Department Sergeant has been charged with unlawful possession of cocaine. Aaron Feiza, 44, was taken into custody Wednesday after an investigation found he allegedly had drugs in February of 2019. In a statement released jointly by the Illinois Attorney

DIXON – Retail and tech giant Amazon has announced plans to build a solar farm in Lee County. Specifics were not announced in the press release put out on Tuesday, but the project is part of the company’s climate pledge. Gov. J.B. Pritzker said that “Illinois is proud to have

FLANAGAN – A Flanagan man has died after a Wednesday morning single vehicle crash in Livingston County.   Authorities say 30-year-old Timothy F. McKinley was traveling on 300 East Road near Route 116 when for unknown reasons his truck left the roadway and struck a tree.   He was

  OTTAWA – A medical marijuana dispensary in Ottawa will be allowed to sell recreationally come January. Pharmacann, aka Verilife on North Columbus Street was granted the approval at Tuesday night’s city council meeting. According to Mayor Dan Aussem, any medical marijuana

  OTTAWA – A made up fantasy. That’s what defense attorneys told jurors at the trial of a former Ottawa fireman accused of drowning his wife in a toilet. The decade long legal battle over whether 52-year-old Kenneth Cusick is responsible for drowning his wife Tracy, began at