Local Headlines

OTTAWA – LaSalle County Health Department has confirmed its first case of West Nile Virus since last year. According to a media release, a resident in their 60’s has also tested positive for the virus this month, along with mosquitoes and birds from this summer. According to the

DIXON – The Ogle County Sheriffs Office and the Ogle County Coroner have released the identities of those killed in an early morning house fire in rural Dixon. Found deceased was 39 year-old Timothy Shaw, 37 year-old Melissa Shaw, 17 year-old Ethan Shaw, 15 year-old LeAnne Shaw, 12

AMBOY – A string of car burglaries occurred in the predawn hours Tuesday in Amboy. The majority of those took place on the north side of the community in an area known as the Burke Subdivision. According to Amboy Police Chief Jeff Blake, ten vehicles were found to have items missing, and

LOST LAKE – The investigation continues into a house fire that took six lives in rural Ogle County. After midnight Tuesday morning a 911 call came from within the home according to Sheriff Brian VanVickle. When emergency personnel arrived on the scene they found the home engulfed in

STREATOR – A vacant house fire was extinguished by the Streator Fire Department early Monday morning. After midnight, emergency personal responded to a call of flames coming from a home in the 600 block of South Illinois Street. According to the Streator Fire Department, the fire was

DIXON – A fire in rural Dixon has claimed six lives early Tuesday morning. According to the Ogle County Sheriff’s Office, a call came in just after midnight for a home in the 200 block of North Miami Drive for smoke in the basement. Eight area fire departments responded to the home,

DWIGHT – A man in a wheelchair has died after a garage explosion in Dwight Saturday evening. According to the Grundy County Coroner’s office, 53 year-old Donald Henrich was in his garage working with an acetylene tank when what was originally reported as an explosion occurred followed

JOLIET – A Coal City man has been arrested and charged with concealing a homicidal death in the investigation into the murder of Kaityln Kearns. Kearns was reported missing Tuesday after being last seen early Monday at a bar in Joliet where she was a bartender.  Detectives located her

STREATOR – The Illinois Department of Public Health has approved the OSF HealthCare Freestanding Emergency Center in Streator to handle an increased number of Advanced Life Support ambulances. The announcement was made during a news conference Friday Morning. The center will begin accepting

STREATOR – An Essex Illinois man was killed when a semi tractor trailer and a box truck collided on US Route 23 north of Grand Ridge Friday morning.  37-year old Dustin W. Webster was pronounced dead at the scene by the LaSalle County Coroner’s Office. The road was closed for over