Country pop star Mitchell Tenpenny will take the Bureau County Fair stage Thursday, Aug. 22, with special guest Lauren Alaina, keeping a tradition of headline county stars performing in the annual event in Princeton.
Chester Weger could learn July 1 (maybe) whether he can continue trying to overturn his murder conviction.
Three students are dead following a crash at the intersection of Hahnaman and Luther roads in rural Tampico; a fourth teen sustained serious, but nonlife-threatening, injuries, sheriff says.
Chester Weger hit back at the special prosecutor trying to end Weger’s exoneration bid. In a new filing, lawyers for the 85-year-old parolee say there’s plenty of new evidence to prove him innocent.
OSF HealthCare plans to build a new inpatient hospital in Ottawa, the hospital chain announced Wednesday in a news release.
A tornado warning was issued for western Bureau County, including Kewanee, Galva and Neponset to 9:15 p.m. Monday.
The St. Bede girls basketball team was within two points at halftime Thursday before Okawville pulled away in the second half to beat the Bruins 44-30 in a Class 1A state semifinal in Normal.
The following storm and tornado warnings have been issued for La Salle, Bureau and Putnam counties Tuesday night.
Two plumbers working near the Rock Falls sewer plant west of town were rescued after being overcome by methane gas in a storm drain in which they were working, Rock Falls Fire Chief Ken Wolf said Monday.