The IDPH state board voted to approve OSF’s consolidation plan on Tuesday night in Bolingbrook, despite a strong effort from communities on the east side of La Salle County.

La Salle County authorities have identified the victim killed in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday on Interstate 39 between Oglesby and Tonica.

Multiple agencies responded to a structure fire at the Marquis Energy property in Hennepin early Wednesday afternoon

A Princeton man was found deceased on Sunday after entering the Illinois River, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said in a Monday news release.

A motorcyclist died after a single-vehicle crash on Route 6 east of the Interstate 180 overpass late Thursday night, according to a Bureau County Sheriff’s Office press release.

Steven Olson always dreamed of playing on the game show Jeopardy one day. Knocking off a 7-day champion and winning four games was not a part of that dream. The Princeton band instructor won four straight games pocketing more than $76,000 in prize money.

Buffington said it took about 35 minutes to extinguish the fire. There were no injuries. 

One person was killed and three others were injured Monday afternoon in a two-vehicle head-on crash on Route 18 in Putnam County, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said in a Tuesday news release.

Two firefighters were taken to a Princeton medical center after a three-alarm fire at the Washington Mills facility in Hennepin, where a transformer fire resulted in a three-alarm response.