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PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a Peoria police officer fatally shot a 19-year-old man who fled from a vehicle after a traffic stop in Peoria. The Peoria County coroner says Luis Cruz was pronounced dead early Thursday at a hospital soon after the shooting. City police spokeswoman Amy

STREATOR -Telecommunications taxes in Streator will be doubled by next year according to the city council. Committee members met, Wednesday to discuss a tax hike for all Streator citizens with wireless communication. Starting in January taxes will go up from 3% to 6%. With landlines diminishing,

HENNEPIN – Witnesses testifying for the defense have taken center stage in Hennepin as the trial of Clifford Andersen continues. Andersen’s lawyers will defending the accused in the concealment and murder of Deborah Dewey, charges stemming from her disappearance and discovery in a shallow

HENNEPIN – The prosecution has rested their case in the trial of Clifford Andersen in the concealment of a homicidal death and murder of his sister-in-law. The defense now gets to present their case, however, Andersen has indicated he will not be testifying on his behalf. This morning

WATERMAN – A credit card coding machine was found during a traffic stop in DeKalb County last month and three people are being sought by police after multiple fraud purchases in three counties.  In a release from the DeKalb County  Sheriff’s Office, an investigation began in June

HENNEPIN – The finances of Clifford Andersen were brought into the spotlight Wednesday at the Putnam County Courthouse. Misty Prutter, a former Sun Loans manager, said that the defendant had 15 high interest loans with the agency. She described Andersen as highly energetic, chatty and

DEKALB – Two people are in custody after a shootout in the city of DeKalb on Sunday. According to the DeKalb Police Department, they received a call about a drive by shooting that involved a male standing out of a sunroof of an SUV. Witnesses state that the person was shooting at a crowd in

Finances were brought to the forefront Wednesday afternoon in the trial of the man accused in the concealment and murder of his sister in law.  A former loan manager testified that Clifford Andersen had 15 high interest loans with her agency and the defendant always paid them on time.  A

HENNEPIN – Tests for blood came back negative on Clifford Andersen’s personal items according to a forensics testimony, Wednesday at the Putnam County Courthouse. Andersen is accused of the concealment and murder of his sister in law, Deborah Dewey. A State Police forensic scientist

OGLESBY – A Hinckley man was pulled from the Vermilion river Tuesday afternoon near Oglesby and was later pronounced dead.  According to the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office, they were called at 5:40 p.m. to the Oglesby Boat ramp for a subject who was found in the water.  CPR was