Those are just a few of the words spoken about Charlie Kirk during Sunday afternoon’s vigil at Knudson Park in Marseilles, where more than 130 people attended to show their support and grieve the loss of Kirk.

An Oglesby man waived his right to an extradition hearing Monday and will go to Minnesota to face charges for allegedly threatening that state’s lieutenant governor.

A Marseilles man was convicted Friday of killing his father on Father’s Day weekend 2024. Logan Petre faces up to 60 years for murder, with more time coming if convicted of another pending charge.

No injuries were reported in a short-lived residential fire Tuesday afternoon in rural Utica. The fire is considered accidental.

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.

Spring Valley will host a free electronic recycling event from 8 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 16, in the parking lot of JFK School, located at 999 N. Strong Ave

OSF HealthCare has temporarily postponed plans to move inpatient obstetric services from OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center in Ottawa to its Peru hospital due to a delay in state approval.

FedEx confirmed it will close its facility on Progress Boulevard in Peru this September as part of a broader restructuring strategy.