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A volunteer search for Robert Long will begin at 10 a.m. Friday. Man has been missing since April 11.

The National Weather Service Quad-Cities office has issued a tornado watch for Whiteside and Carroll counties in northwestern Illinois in effect until 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Update: NIU officials said police have determined threats of mass violence were not credible Monday after an anonymous email sent to faculty that included requests for a “large police presence in hopes of gaining international news” attention.

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A number of police and other agencies Wednesday located a boy at East 16th and North 32nd roads after he ran out of Wallace School, north of Ottawa, and into a cornfield.