OTTAWA - The Putnam County public defender appears to be among nine men implicated in a LaSalle County prostitution investigation.

PRINCETON - A Princeton man is scheduled to appear in court Monday after he was accused of shooting a man in a trailer park, authorities stated.

MONMOUTH - About a week after a fatal vehicle accident near Little Swan Lake, an Avon man and three others were charged with related felony crimes.

PEORIA - A distillery in expected to open in the not-too-distant future in the Warehouse District.

A proposed hike in Illinois' annual registration fee for electric vehicles, from $17.50 to $1,000, is being called unfair by current EV owners, and a sales disincentive by manufacturers - just as the new technology is beginning to gain broader traction.