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MORRIS – A brief manhunt ended with the arrest of one man after a woman fled from a car in Morris suffering from stab wounds. Around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday the Morris Police Department say they were called to a Gas Station in the 2000 block of North Division Street for a stabbing. A bystander

SPRING VALLEY – The remaining portions of the old bridge over the Illinois River is scheduled to imploded Wednesday in Spring Valley. IDOT announced that, weather permitting, closures will begin around 7:30 a.m. and the Illinois Route 89 bridge should be open by 10 a.m., however, the

JOLIET – The Illinois State Police have positively identified the pedestrian that was killed on August 12th in Will County walking along I-80. Authorities say 69-year-old James D. Oostdyk of Joliet was struck and killed by a vehicle while walking on the westbound side of the interstate

BLOOMINGTON – Police are still seeking answers as to who murdered a man in 2012 under a bridge in Bloomington. On August 16th, 2012, 48-year-old Robert Jeronimus was found in the 400 Block of South Main Street and detectives are still looking for information as to where he was in the days

CHICAGO (AP) — Anne and Bruce Hunt of Chicago have made scrapbooks for years, amassing 48 and counting. But the effort to preserve the couple’s family history has taken on greater meaning since Anne was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease just over two year ago. The diagnosis came

DEKALB – A Dixon man has been arrested at a local state park after police say they found a half pound of marijuana. DeKalb County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to Shabbona Lake State Park around noon Saturday to serve an arrest warrant on someone at the campsite, and while doing so,

LASALLE – Highway closures are en route next week do to TV productions. County Highway 5 will be closed Monday and Tuesday, August 20th and 21st from 7AM to 9PM from County Highway 57 to Route 23. The closure is to accommodate filming of an HBO production. A detour will be posted.

PONTIAC – A batch of mosquitoes have tested positive for West Nile Virus. According to the Livingston County Health Department, the mosquitoes were collected in Pontiac. West Nile Virus is transmitted through the bite of a common house mosquito, which has picked up the virus by feeding on

ROCHELLE, Ill. (AP) — A railcar manufacturing plant in northern Illinois is set to close as the factory building goes up for auction. Nippon Sharyo announced Thursday that it would be closing its Rochelle plant at the end of this month after a failure to deliver 130 bi-level Amtrak passenger

AURORA – A man in Aurora is accused of a burglary on Wednesday in which he allegedly stole women’s underwear from a home. According to the Aurora Police Department just before midnight on August 15th they received a call from the 100 block of Lincoln Avenue from a homeowner who heard