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EARLVILLE — The manhunt continues into the nighttime hours for 47-year old Lowell Maxwell Ambler near Earlville. Ambler was reported to be seen south of town just before 2 PM Wednesday afternoon, prompting Earlville Schools to go into a full lockdown. Students were allowed to leave around 4

PERU — The man involved in the nearly 12-hour standoff in Peru Monday was transferred to the La Salle County Jail overnight. 56-year old Jeffery Sorrentino has a charge of aggravated discharge of a firearm with no bond set according to Tuesday’s jail booking sheet. Around 11:25 PM

Authorities are searching for a man who robbed a Princeton fast food restaurant.  Chief Thomas Root said police were called to McDonald’s on North Main around 8 PM last night. He said a white male approached the register and demanded cash from an employee. The suspect then fled in older

DIXON – A five year-old child and his father are both dead after what Dixon Police is calling a murder-suicide Monday evening. Around 3:30 PM Police were called by the boys mother during a supervised visit with his father in the 1000 block of Fargo Ave. She reportedly witnessed the child,

WASHINGTON DC – The Surface Transportation Board has rejected the application by the Great Lakes Basin Railroad to construct a 272 mile rail line that was proposed to run from Wisconsin through Illinois to Indiana. The plan, which has been in the works since 2013, had caused many area

OTTAWA — A Mississippi man is charged with attempted sexual assault after an incident Tuesday morning at the Ottawa Wal-mart.  Ottawa Police say that 29 year old Carvis Eugene Purvis, of Vicksburg, Mississippi is charged with unlawful restraint, aggravated battery in a public place, and

LA SALLE — Authorities say they are investigating the death of a man found in the Illinois River near La Salle.  State Police on Sunday responded to a vehicle located on the Interstate 39 Abraham Lincoln Bridge. Authorities say they found in the river, adjacent to the bridge, the body of

A Spring Valley woman is in critical condition after a fire last night.  Spring Valley Police say shortly after eight p.m. they were called to an apartment on West Saint Paul Street for a possible fire.  After they arrived, police learned that two residents had driven themselves to the

Wednesday is the 25th anniversary of one of the most infamous crimes the area has seen, and State Police and the FBI are looking for new information.  21 year old Tammy Zywicki, a college student from New Jersey heading to her college in Grinnell, Iowa, was last seen with her car on I-80 near

LIVINGSTON COUNTY — Two Livingston County men were killed in a single vehicle crash this weekend.  The Livingston County Coroner says 25 year old Devon J. Milsap and 21 year old Nicholas A. Hackney were pronounced dead on the scene by deputy coroner Steven Zeller.  Authorities say the