Momence

Momence police Chief Timothy Swanson, formerly the police chief in the suburb of Countryside, filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Tribune on Friday in response to articles about a police helicopter program he spearheaded. Swanson, of Bourbonnais, is...

An 18-year-old Kankakee County man has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman near the Morse CTA Red Line stop, according to police. James Shorty, of Momence, was charged in connection with the attack about 5:45 a.m. on Dec. 19. He was identified...

Seven years ago, a small-town police chief launched a big dream to nab criminals and thwart terrorists from the air. Chief Timothy Swanson began a police helicopter program that initially drew raves. He secured six-figure federal grants. Nearly 100...

The president of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police has been suspended from his duties with the group after a Tribune article published today detailed a long-running criminal investigation into his actions. Timothy Swanson, who is also chief of...

A 42-year-old Lynwood man was charged with DUI after he called State Police this morning to say he was out of gas and lost -- and admitted he was drunk. A police dispatcher tried to get more information but Dante Owens, 42, said he could not remember...

Mobridge: Funeral services for Rosalie "Rose" Dolney Bleyle, 62, of Mobridge, and formerly of Aberdeen, will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Mobridge with the Rev. Bill Hemmick officiating. Burial will follow at...

Kim Jockl stood proudly Saturday with about 1,000 other people in Des Plaines before a new memorial to the horrific plane crash 32 years ago that killed her parents and every one else on board. It had been an uphill effort. But survivors of the 273...

An early-morning house fire in Kankakee County today took the life of a 12-year-old boy and sent his 10-year-old brother and father to the hospital, according to authorities.   Firefighters were called by neighbors to the 100 block of Harvard Street in...

A 43-year-old Kankakee County man has died after a single-car crash earlier this week near Momence, Illinois State Police said today. Lamont Watson of St. Anne was driving alone northbound on 12000 East Road in a 1997 Buick LeSabre about 11:10 p.m....

State finals At Redbird Arena, Illinois State University, Normal Fri., Nov. 9 Augusta Southeastern d. St. Joseph-Ogden 15-4, 15-6 Breese Mater Dei d. Huntley 15-5, 17-15 Quincy Notre Dame d. Byron 15-13, 15-9 Mt. Pulaski d. Benton 15-8, 15-6 Sat., Nov. 10...

Seedings in parentheses STATE FINALS At Redbird Arena, Illinois State University, Normal Fri., Nov. 14 quarterfinals Lanark Eastland d. Fulton 12-25, 25-18, 25-13 Wheaton St. Francis d. Breese Central 25-21, 25-20 Mt. Pulaski d. Benton 25-14, 25-14...

State finals At EastSide Centre, East Peoria Fri., June 4 Rock Falls 4, Casey-Westfield 0 Warrensburg-Latham 1, Taylor Ridge Rockridge 0 Nashville 10, St. Francis de Sales 0 Beecher 4, Pinckneyville 2 Sat., June 5 Warrensburg-Latham 2, Rock Falls 0, 20...