PERU – The long awaited road construction that will add another connection from Route 251 to Plank Road was completed Thursday. The Unytite Drive road extension was opened with a ribbon cutting. The $5 million dollar project was originally set to be completed this spring.
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STREATOR – A vehicle that was located wrecked and abandoned in rural LaSalle County was originally reported stolen. Streator Police say the 2012 Chevrolet SUV was found in the 1500 block of East 20th Road. The vehicle was reported stolen early in the morning on Wednesday from the 600 block
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SPRINGFIELD – Just over 3,000 more cases of COVID-19 were reported Thursday by the Illinois Department of Public Health, along with 32 additional coronavirus related deaths. That is the highest daily case count the state has seen since September 4th, when processing a backlog of tests. In
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SPRINGFIELD – Just over 3,000 more cases of COVID-19 were reported Thursday by the Illinois Department of Public Health, along with 32 additional coronavirus related deaths. That is the highest daily case count the state has seen since September 4th, when processing a backlog of tests. In
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ANCONA – A fiery gas leak was extinguished overnight near Ancona. Around 1:30 AM Long Point, Reading and Cornell Fire was called out to 2900 N300 East Road for a Nicor gas well on fire. With the assistance of Nicor the gas was shut off and the fire extinguished. No injuries were reported.
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CHICAGO (AP) — A 9-year-old Chicago boy has died after accidentally shooting himself while handling a gun. Police say the boy, who hasn’t been identified, was playing with the gun Wednesday when it fired and a bullet hit him in the head. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was
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HARVEY, Ill. (AP) — State police say a man died overnight after his gun discharged during a struggle over the weapon as troopers were conducting a traffic stop in Harvey. Police said troopers made a traffic stop about 12:30 a.m. when a male passenger attempted to get into the sport utility
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STREATOR – The Streator Area United Way announced that they are over the halfway point for pledges for fundraising of their 2020 goal of nearly $270,000. It was announced on Tuesday by Josh Biros, the Campaign Chairperson, that $136,606 have been pledged. Streator Unlimited, First Federal
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — An Evansville man has been arrested in the 2014 killing of a 15-year-old Illinois girl whose body was found nearly three years ago in a shallow grave in southeastern Illinois. Twenty-four-year-old Brodey Murbarger was arrested Wednesday morning in Evansville and jailed
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jacob Blake has been discharged from a hospital in Wisconsin and is now undergoing treatment at an Illinois rehabilitation clinic. Blake was left paralyzed after a Kenosha police officer shot the 29-year-old Black man in the back in August. Blake’s uncle Justin Blake told
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