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Part of Route 51 to be named in honor of teens killed in crash
ASSUMPTION, Ill. (WCIA) — A part of Route 51 will be named to honor two teenagers who lost their lives to a car crash in 2022. 16-year-old Conner Rowcliffe and 15-year-old Keegan Virden were killed in a car accident at the intersection of US Route 51 and Leafland Ave. on the way to lift weights […]
State Police respond to rollover crash on I-72
MACON COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — Illinois State Police are responding to a rolled-over commercial vehicle on Interstate 72. State Police said the accident happened near milepost 141 in Macon County on the westbound lanes. Police said traffic is able to get around the vehicle. Officials say no more information is available at this time. This […]
Illinois FOID card revocation enforcement problem continues to grow, authorities say
There are tens of thousands of people in Illinois who may be armed, and now considered too dangerous, to keep their firearms. Their FOID cards have been suspended, but the guns have not been confiscated by authorities.
Sworn statement reveals more details of deadly Hervey City shooting
HERVEY CITY, Ill. (WAND) - The sworn statement containing more details of a deadly Hervey City shooting has been released by police. On May 13, Macon County Sheriff's deputies were called to Five Star Auto Sales for a shooting. Gregory W. Hostetler of Dalton City was pronounced dead at the...
‘Serial Child Rapist’ Nabbed in Missouri After 24 Years on the Run: Feds
An Illinois man labeled a “serial rapist” by authorities was arrested over the weekend in Missouri after more than two decades spent on the lam.Herman Carroll, 72, was taken into custody in the Ozark town of Branson by U.S. Marshals on Saturday, they said.After being accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl in 2000, he posted bail and vanished. A warrant was issued for his arrest the following year after he failed to appear at a hearing in the case. He was charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse, federal...
More than 10 years after the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, the state Supreme Court hears arguments in the case
The high-profile murder of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton in 2013 was before the Illinois Supreme Court yesterday, as the Attorney General’s Office seeks to salvage a conviction. WBBM’s Mike Krauser reports.
Cop on a Rooftop benefits Special Olympics Illinois
UPDATE: Our Quad Cities News meteorologist Mariah Bush was live at Dunkin Donuts in Rock Island on Friday during Our Quad Cities News This Morning. You can watch one of those segments in the video above to learn more about Cop on a Rooftop. Cop on a Rooftop raised over...
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