Two of the alleged fraudsters didn’t bother naming the business they claimed to own. Another claimed to own a limited liability corporation, but the LLC wasn’t created until after he got his money.

A two-vehicle crash Thursday involving a semi-trailer and an SUV shut down Interstate 39 near Tonica and a vehicle occupant was taken to a hospital, the Tonica Fire Department said Friday.

The Bureau County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of an 18-year-old man found unconscious Saturday in the 100 block of East Second Street in Wyanet.

The company that operates Big Lots in Peru announced it is preparing to move forward with going out of business sales at all remaining Big Lots stores in the coming days.

After 47 years, the Peru Pizza House served its last slice of pizza Thursday.

Country music star Trace Adkins is coming to Princeton in August.

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced northbound Interstate 39 between the Route 17/Wenona (exit 35) and Route 18/Streator (exit 41) will close at 7 a.m. Monday, Dec. 9.

A second suspect in the July shooting in La Salle has been apprehended and awaits extradition proceedings in North Dakota.

Meridian, a major health insurance provider especially for income-qualifying patients using Medicaid, will no longer accept Northwestern Medicine health system in network come Jan. 1, confirmed a Northwestern spokesman. "Tens of thousands" of patients will be impacted, he said.