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PERU – A Peru man is facing two felony charges for Ecstasy after being arrested on Sunday. According to Peru Police Chief Doug Bernabei, 21-year-old Cesar Pantoja was arrested Sunday evening after an investigation by the Peru Police and Trident Drug Task Force. Detectives alledge that last

DEKALB – The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office took a teen into custody after he allegedly fled after cutting his monitoring bracelet off. On Sunday evening Deputies were called to the 800 block of Ridge Drive in DeKalb for a 17-year-old Juvenile who was being monitored for a prior

DWIGHT – A business caught fire on Sunday and over twenty fire departments responded in battling the blaze. No injuries were reported in downtown Dwight after a fire began around 6 PM in the 100 block of South Franklin Street. A multiple box alarm was sounded due to the proximity to other

CHICAGO – Illinois may rank 4th in highest monthly average salary, but comes in near the bottom with job opportunities in a new survey released by Wallethub. They looked at factors people use in determining a new place of employment and found that Washington State was the best in the nation

AURORA – Nine suspects are in custody after a Friday sweep involving the FBI and the Aurora Police Department, however three individuals remain at large.   After an 11 month Investigation according to Aurora Police, 71 felonies, including 12 ‘Class X’ felonies were announced against 13

DWIGHT – The search continues for items possibly related to a murder that took place in Streator on May 22nd.   Dwight and Streator Police announced that they will be conducting additional searches Saturday on the Northwest edge of Dwight along with Rt 17 West of town.    Three

LASALLE – Police are still investigating an incident where a person jumped off a bridge in LaSalle.  The individual was on the Illinois Route 351 overpass and jumped onto Interstate 80 shortly after 1 a.m. on Thursday. Illinois State Police say the 28-year-old person from LaSalle sustained

LOSTANT – A busy Thursday for first responders after a pair of separate accidents resulted in serious injuries in southern LaSalle County.   Around 3 PM LaSalle County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a head on collision between two vehicles on Route 18 two miles east of I-39. According

OTTAWA – Farm work in the area has moved on to controlling weeds and bugs as most corn and soybeans are now planted across the state. According to the USDA, nearly 90% of the corn is up with over 90% of the soybeans planted. Due to cooperative weather, farmers were able to get nearly all

MARSEILLES – A man on a motorcycle was significantly injured and had to be life flighted from the scene after a crash between Marseilles and Ottawa on Sunday. The Illinois State Police report that 50-year-old John A. Potter of Tinley Park was seriously injured after he reportedly failed to