Extra-alarm fire guts chemical plant in LaSalle
The Environmental Protection Agency has been testing the air and water near the plant.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has been testing the air and water near the plant.
Carus was issued a construction permit by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to build a new production plant.
People described the potassium permanganate particles as black, purple, green, or brown – and indeed they were everywhere.
Illinois State Police said the crash happened around 11:14 p.m. on I-39 northbound at milepost 76 in Mendota.
McGrath, who died Sunday at the age of 90, grew up on a farm in LaSalle County and performed in singing competitions in Chicago as a boy.
Those infected have mostly had cold-like symptoms and no one has had to be hospitalized.
The names of the people who died were not being released Saturday.
Eleven surrounding fire departments responded to the massive fire.
Eleven surrounding fire departments responded to the massive fire.
The men fell about 25 feet, firefighters from neighboring Grand Ridge told CBS 2.
At least one of those people suffered serious injuries.
A series of lawsuits filed against the State of Illinois claim the LaSalle Veterans' Home was negligent in how it handled a COVID-19 outbreak that killed more than 30 veterans.
A series of lawsuits filed against the State of Illinois claim the LaSalle Veterans' Home was negligent in how it handled a COVID-19 outbreak that killed more than 30 veterans. CBS 2's Tim McNicholas reports.
According to the LaSalle County Coroner's office, Day drowned. But it's not clear how he ended up in the water.
Police and the FBI were asking for help from the public Monday night in finding a teenage girl they say was kidnapped in the LaSalle County city of Peru.
Police said the neighbor looked through a window and saw the victim's mother on the floor bleeding. Officers arrived at the house in Sheridan, Illinois, just 3 to 4 miles away from Johnson's house, and found that both parents had been fatally shot.
A neighbor found the bodies of the woman's parents.
A man suspected in a double homicide, in Sheridan, Illinois, has been taken into custody.
The mother of a LaSalle County teenager who committed suicide is among five parents suing Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois High School Association over COVID-19 restrictions.
"We will do everything possible to safeguard the lives of our heroes. Let us make no mistake: these tragic losses serve as a stark and painful example of what happens when community spread is rampant." Gov. JB Pritzker said.
Jeff Lane been fighting to stay alive for nearly two decades – but after years of intensive nursing care, his insurance company was taking it all away.
Hackers looking to score cash are now targeting the government in LaSalle County, Illinois.
The teachers staged a rally Sunday, calling on the board to meet again, so their 1,100 students can return to class.
The closure of a bridge in Millington, Illinois, is more than an inconvenience for people in the river town. Those who live and work there says it's costing them big. And when it will be fixed is still anybody's guess.
Heavy snow left motorists stranded in western Illinois, forcing police to use snowmobiles to rescue people trapped in their cars.
