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Three kayakers were found OK following a late Saturday into early Sunday search on the Vermilion River between Streator and the area of the Sandy Ford bridge.
NorthPoint goes to federal court with an antitrust suit against rival developer CenterPoint.
OSF HealthCare and Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital in Dixon have entered into exclusive negotiations, anticipating a full merger, the two entities announced Friday in a joint news release.
Ulysses L. Jacobs entered his guilty plea to the three charges on May 3, when he also pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Maurice McDavid, a longtime DeKalb resident, former DeKalb High School dean and chairman of the DeKalb Citizen Police Review Board, said he's excited to get to work at the district’s new elementary school.
A 64-year-old La Salle man was identified as the victim of a three-vehicle crash Tuesday on Route 251, about a mile north of U.S. 52, south of Mendota.
An Amtrak train was damaged Thursday by a tree that fell on the tracks west of the Ninth Street crossing in Mendota, leading to four broken windows and three passengers being treated for minor injuries.
DeKalb firefighters were called to an electrical fire inside a Northern Illinois University building shortly before midnight Wednesday at Wirtz Hall, authorities said.
The former Sears building at 1607 38th St. in Peru has a new owner, a private investor from Tracy, California.
Tonica, Peru, Utica, Grand Ridge, Leonore, Lostant and Oglesby fire departments responded to a structure fire Wednesday in the 1900 block of East Eighth Road near Tonica.
A man died following a three-vehicle crash Tuesday morning on Route 251 near 38th Road south of Mendota, according to the La Salle County Coroner’s Office.
The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Lee County, southeastern Ogle County and northwestern La Salle County until 7:45 p.m.
Prosecutors’ requests were granted by a judge Tuesday in their plan to use DNA evidence as key in an upcoming double murder trial to allege that Jonathan Hurst, formerly of Chicago, brutally beat to death Patricia A. Wilson and her son, Robert J. Wilson in 2016.
A DeKalb man was charged with armed robbery after police alleged he broke into a DeKalb apartment, threatened a 14-year-old with a gun and stole a firearm and about $2,000 in cash, according to court records.
Much of northern and eastern Illinois is under a severe weather warning, including a tornado watch until 9 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.