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EUREKA, Ill. (AP) — A 9-year-old child accused of causing a mobile home fire that killed three children and two adults in central Illinois has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder. The juvenile also was charged with two counts of arson and one count of aggravated arson, the

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — An overnight fire in the city of Aurora has destroyed a historic Masonic temple that was abandoned more than a decade ago. The fire began around 10 p.m. Monday in the Lincoln Masonic Temple in the Chicago suburb about 40 miles (64 kilometers) west of Chicago. A portion of

LASALLE- Tag Day is coming back to the area to support organizations in North Central Illinois. Petitions from both the LaSalle Softball League and the Illinois Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra were approved at Monday night’s LaSalle City Council meeting. The Illinois Valley Youth Orchestra Tag

MENDOTA – Mendota’s City Council is to discuss a petition to annex land for a proposed funeral home. On Monday night the city agreed to send an annexation petition for 192 East Highway 52 land to plan commission so that it may be discussed on October 28th. Alderman John Pierson says the

  OTTAWA – The Illinois Department of Transportation is offering seasonal work for its winter highway clearing program. Temporary positions include full time and on call positions to perform street work like spreading salt and plowing snow. Applicants must have a commercial driver’s

  OTTAWA – People from all different walks of life with gather on Saturday in Ottawa to advocate for one cause: suicide prevention. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will host LaSalle County’s Out of the Darkness Walk from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Jordan Block Park.

  DANVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Prosecutors in an eastern Illinois county say a sheriff’s deputy was justified when he fatally shot an inmate who attacked and stabbed him in a courthouse holding cell. Vermilion County State’s Attorney Jacqueline Lacy says Deputy Kyle Janesky’s

  EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — An Evansville, Indiana, woman has died after falling from a cliff at Garden of the Gods in the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois. Equality, Illinois, Fire Chief Cole Baker says 36-year-old Sara Rappee fell about 60 feet around 6 p.m. Saturday. Baker

  OTTAWA – Ottawa’s Fire Chief commended a homeowner in evacuating their family during a house fire on Howard Street, Sunday morning. Fire Chief Andrew Borkowski says it could have been a lot worse. Firefighters were called to the 900 block of Howard street at 6:20 a.m. on Sunday

ROCHELLE – An Aurora man is dead after being struck by a vehicle along I-39 in rural Lee County.  The Illinois State Police say that just after midnight Monday a Mendota woman was traveling southbound in an SUV near mile marker 92 when she reportedly struck a man in the roadway.  She was