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    PEORIA Ill. (AP) – The boyfriend of a Chinese student who was kidnapped and killed by a former University of Illinois doctoral student is telling a federal jury about the devastation of the woman’s family. Xiaolin Hou said Tuesday that Yingying Zhang’s mother cries almost

STREATOR – One motorcycle was recovered but another is still missing after a burglary in Streator Monday.  Streator Police say that they were called to the 100 block of East Grove Street for an alley facing garage that had signs of forced entry.  It was discovered that two motorcycles

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — The legal battle over whether a former University of Illinois doctoral student should live or die for the kidnapping and slaying of a Chinese scholar began with a prosecutor on Monday telling jurors that the crime was so vicious that the death penalty is warranted. “It

PERU – Peru City Council members approved a construction easement on Plank Road on Monday night. City Engineer Eric Carls explained that this temporary construction easement was in conjuncture with the work being done on Peoria Street. He explained that the next step with widening Plank

OGLESBY – The Oglesby Planning Commission is inviting the public to learn more about the city’s comprehensive plan. At city hall on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. the planning commission will be holding the first of two public meetings to review goals of commercial development, housing and

NORTHVILLE – A man has died after a single vehicle crash in Northville Township on Saturday. According to the LaSalle County Sheriff’s and Coroner’s office, 59-year-old Tim J. Christensen of Sandwich was heading northbound on East 29th Road north of N-4550th Road when he

CEDAR POINT – No injuries were reported in a structure fire in Cedar Point on Monday. According to Cedar Point assistant fire chief Allen Haeffner, they were called just after 2:30 p.m. for reports of heavy black smoke coming from a 2 story commercial building. The building sustained

MORRIS – A man has died after a Sunday evening motorcycle crash in Grundy County. Authorities say 50-year-old Hiram T. Jackson of Morris was traveling east on Route 6 near Ashley Road when for unknown reasons he entered the ditch and hit a wooden post supporting a traffic sign. He was

GENEVA, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say an intersection in an unincorporated area of northern Illinois was closed for eight hours after a crash involving two semi-trucks sent pig carcasses across the road. Kane County Undersheriff Pat Gengler tells The (Crystal Lake) Northwest Herald that the crash