A Plainfield business reported paying $3,500 to help it be reinstated to Facebook, plus a $50 wire transfer fee to a Batavia bank. But the business never got a refund or back on Facebook, the owner says.

Road closures, park closures, more sandbagging and – with a break in the rainfall – the waiting game for waters to top out were the focuses Monday along the Fox River in the McHenry County area.

Bill Breit, 87, is on hospice care and doesn't care to leave his Johnsburg home, even as the Fox River rises to flood stages outside. The community, including strangers to Breit, rallied to sandbag his house.

The Will County State’s Attorney, along with the Sheriff’s Office and Animal Protection Services, is investigating the discovery of six deceased “pitbull-type dogs” that showed signs of torture and dog fighting out of Crete Township.

The La Salle County Board discussed the future of the La Salle County Nursing Home in a special Committee of the Whole meeting on Monday morning.

The Rev. Jeffery Windy will celebrate the 30th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood at a Mass to be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 17 at Holy Family Church, Oglesby.

He was the voice of the news for generations of listeners in the Illinois Valley. Now, Joe Hogan is retired from his last assignment to the City of Peru.

From Capitol News Illinois: A federal judge on Monday officially closed the book on a lawsuit filed against the Trump administration last fall when the White House ordered 500 National Guard troops to Chicago as the “Operation Midway Blitz” mass deportation campaign escalated

The Princeton City Council received an update on the recently approved business development district during their meeting on Monday night.