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OTTAWA – A couple of individuals from Chicago were charged with forgery after a number of businesses in Ottawa began finding counterfeit $100 bills. Today in a release from the Ottawa Police Department, they state that last Wednesday while checking with area companies for information on

The Peru Police Department Patrol Division responded to the report of a possible residential burglary in the 3000 blk. of the Liberty Village Housing area in north Peru at 8:39am. Upon arrival officers identified forced entry into the home and upon investigation found no one inside. The resident

SPRINGFIELD – Secretary of State Jesse White announced that statewide parking stings targeting individuals illegally parking in spaces reserved for persons with disabilities will start this Friday. “Our mission is not to issue tickets, but to ensure that accessible parking spaces are

BARRINGTON – A Barrington woman has been charged with arson and with filing a false police report after initially claiming her car was stolen. According to the Barrington Police Department, 47 year-old Julie Gagne was arrested Wednesday for allegedly setting fire to her vehicle. In a release by

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