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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Stymied by state regulators, a renewable energy company seeking to build one of the nation’s longest power lines across a large swath of the Midwest has turned to a prominent politician in an attempt to revive its $2.3 billion project. Former Missouri Gov. Jay

MENDOTA – A Peoria man in is custody after an investigation into a car theft in Mendota earlier this week. On March 27th, Mendota police responded to a call of a vehicle being stolen near the I-39 interchange at a business. Later that same day, the vehicle was recovered in Peoria with gunfire

PERU – A critical patient that was on board an ambulance involved in a Thursday evening collision was pronounced dead after arriving at IVCH.  According to the Peru Police Department, the Peru ambulance was believed to have proceeded through the intersection with Peoria Street during a red

PERU – An Ambulance was involved in a collision Thursday evening in downtown Peru. A eastbound Peru Ambulance and vehicle collided at the intersection of Peoria Street and US Route 6, blocking the road for about an hour. Multiple people were taken from the scene, but the number and the

LASALLE – A traffic stop for a moving violation on a semi-tractor trailer on Wednesday evening led to the discovery of heroin and the arrest of the driver. The Illinois State Police say they stopped a southbound truck on I-39 just past the I-80 Interchange for a moving violation and during

OTTAWA – Four area communities will be receiving grants totaling over $3.4 million from FEMA to help limit damage caused by future floods. The Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grants were issued for flood wall construction in Depue, Marseilles, Ottawa and Peru. In Ottawa, $1.1 million was awarded to

MENDOTA – An investigation into the car theft that occurred on Tuesday is ongoing as Peoria authorities announced that the vehicle had sustained gunfire damage.   Mendota Police were notified early on Tuesday that a vehicle was stolen from a business near the I-39 interchange.   The

BLOOMINGTON – In the latest yearly survey of prices for farmland across the state, little to no change has occurred. That’s according to the 2018 Illinois Farmland Values and Lease Trends Report released last week. Northern Illinois ground values were down 1-2 percent to around

State Police say that the Whiteside County State’s Attorney has their investigative report on the Rock Falls Police shooting of a Sterling man after an attempted traffic stop.  State Police say the report contains dash cam videos, witness statements, officer statements, autopsy, toxicology

The Lee County Sheriff’s Department has released the names of the two people killed when their car crashed into a semi truck in southern Lee County.  Authorities say the driver of the car, 23 year old Ryan D. Lishman, of Rockford, and a passenger in his car, his aunt, 37 year old Venus V.