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BLOOMINGTON – Milwaukee Police arrested a man in a drug investigation who was later determined to be wanted for a triple murder in Bloomington.   According to the Bloomington Police Department, 25-year-old Sydney T. Mays Jr. was taken into custody Thursday evening and charged with six

OGLESBY – The President of Illinois Valley Community College laid out what they hoped would be the future plans for the shared police station on their grounds. At Thursday’s meeting, Jerry Corcoran said that partnering with local law enforcement on this venture makes great sense. The

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Health officials in Illinois and Iowa are investigating an increase in people becoming sick from a parasite that causes intestinal illness. The Illinois Department of Public Health said in a news release Thursday that it has received confirmation of about 90 cases of

OTTAWA – Four juveniles were arrested in connection with church burglaries in Ottawa. Ottawa Police responded to a call on the 900 block of Columbus Street and on the 100 block of East Lafayette for reported burglaries at two Churches on June 25th. According to Ottawa Police forced entry

  HENNEPIN – The Illinois State Police investigator who discovered Deborah Dewey’s body took the stand Thursday in the trial of Dewey’s brother in law, Clifford Andersen.   Andersen is being tried for a murder charge and concealment of a death in Putnam County, and this

DIXON – A Lee County man has been arrested and faces several drug charges.  The Blackhawk Area Task Force says they, along with the Dixon Police Department and the Lee County Sheriff’s Department concluded an investigation into the production and possession of marijuana in Harmon,

HENNEPIN – On the first half of day four of the Clifford Andersen trial, more witnesses called by the prosecution testified Thursday morning. The victim’s niece was called to the stand to recall the day she and Deborah Dewey’s family searched for Dewey on August 27, 2016.  The

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A woman whose son was one of four people killed at a Waffle House in Tennessee has filed a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against the suspect and his father. Shaundelle Brooks filed the suit Wednesday on behalf of 23-year-old Akilah DaSilva. Police say 29-year-old

WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — Health officials in northern Illinois are investigating several cases of Legionnaires’ disease that occurred between June 7 and July 1. McHenry County Department of Health officials say nine people became ill at different locations across the county. The victims

MIAMI (AP) — A homeless South Florida man with no arms has been charged with stabbing a Chicago tourist. Miami Beach police say 46-year-old Jonathan Crenshaw held a pair of scissors with his feet and stabbed 22-year-old Cesar Coronado just after midnight early Tuesday. Reportedly Crenshaw is a