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A Princeton woman was arrested Monday morning for her part in the theft of almost $33,000 worth of items from a Walcott hotel room, court documents state. 
Christina Naomi Trudeau, 40, of Princeton, reportedly helped John David Daniels, 42, of Princeton, break into a hotel room on March 26 at the Comfort Inn, where Trudeau worked.
Trudeau gave Daniels a key and helped him load items into her vehicle, court documents state.
Items stolen included multiple power tools; camping gear; two fire extinguishers; a Rolex watch; a Nissan Titan truck, which Daniels used to leave the hotel; and other items. In total, the value of the goods was estimated at $32,653.20.
Police say Trudeau admitted the couple worked together to steal the items and offered to return everything. Officers went to their home that night to collect the property. While there, they spoke with Daniels, who also admitted to the thefts and willingly returned “what appeared to be the majority of the stolen items.” 
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Daniels was arrested Wednesday, May 12, more than a month after the property was returned, and charged with third-degree burglary, conspiracy, first-degree theft and second-degree theft, all felonies. He was released on his own recognizance and is scheduled for his first court appearance on June 10.
Trudeau, arrested Monday, has been charged with first- and second-degree theft and conspiracy. She is currently being held in the Scott County Jail on a $20,000 bond. Her next court date is scheduled for June 3.

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A Rock Island man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for shooting at two East Moline Police officers in 2019.
A murder trial for a man accused a killing college student Mollie Tibbetts in 2018 is set to begin Monday, May 17, in Davenport.

A Davenport man was arrested Thursday evening for assaulting four people walking from their residences.

Six people have been charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and various other drug and gun related charges as part of a 19-count indictment from a federal grand jury in Davenport.

Cassandra Bibbs, mother of Wilanna Bibbs, who was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend on Mother’s day, remembers her daughter as a happy, talented young woman. 
A man has gone missing by the Rock River near the Prophetstown State Park in Prophetstown, Illinois, according to a news release from the Whit…
Davenport police chased juveniles in a stolen car into Rock Island on Monday night. 

A man is suing Shenanigans Irish Pub and another man over injuries he received in 2019 when the other man allegedly hit him and he fell while intoxicated. 

Adam Vannoy was arrested on gun and drug charges in Nebraska. After posting bond he tried to buy a gun in Ankeny, Iowa and was later taken into custody at a Comfort Inn in Walcott. A Princeton couple was charged with stealing $33,000 worth of property from Vannoy’s hotel room.

A woman accused of helping with the theft of $33,000 worth of property from a hotel entered a plea agreement Wednesday.

A Princeton woman was sentenced Thursday to two years of supervised probation in relation to a hotel theft.
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Jan 7, 2021

Laura Jane Novotny Prendergast, 99, formerly of Princeton and Arlington, Illinois, died January 3, 2021, in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
Laura was born on May 20, 1921, in Tama, Iowa, the youngest of seven children of Bertha Anna Schultz (Sulc) and Edward Novotny, a switchman for the Northwestern and Chicago Milwaukee Railroads junction. She married James Drummer Prendergast, son of Margaret and William Prendergast of rural LaMoille, Illinois, on August 21, 1948, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Arlington.
Following graduation from Tama High School, Laura landed a job with the local newspaper, where a colleague encouraged her to apply for University of Iowa scholarship. She graduated with a BA in English in 1944, becoming the first in her family to achieve a college degree. During World War II, she worked in the secretarial pool at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft, which was producing B-29 bombers in Tucson, Arizona, and then for the US Navy at Terminal Island in Long Beach, California.
When she came to LaMoille to teach high school English and history, she was introduced to Jim Prendergast by his sister, Jane, the home economics teacher. After a wedding trip to the Black Hills in South Dakota, the couple settled briefly in Champaign-Urbana while Jim finished his degree. His jobs took them to Detroit, Michigan, and Quincy, Illinois, before landing in the new, planned Chicago suburb of Park Forest, where Laura taught elementary school.
In 1955, they moved to a farm on the outskirts of Arlington, gradually restoring the Victorian house built by the town’s founder, Michael Kennedy. Laura taught school in Malden and Van Orin, before earning a certificate in Library Science and becoming the school librarian in LaMoille. Moving to Princeton in 1982, the couple enjoyed a thriving enterprise renovating more than a dozen distinguished older homes.
Among her many interests, Laura especially loved books, music, gardening, and antiquing. She operated Village Antiques and Books for more than four decades, with shops at Dover Homestead Farms and several locations in Princeton; in later years, she re-focused the business to online bookselling. She sang in the choir at St. Patrick’s Church in Arlington, treated herself to a grand piano, and in her 70s adventurously took up playing violin. She researched several lines of family history and genealogy, compiled a volume of favorite recipes, and composed a vivid memoir, “Smalltown Girl: Memories of an Iowa Childhood.”
Laura is survived by two daughters, Dr. Susan P. Schoelwer (William) of Washington, DC, and Sheila A. Bloodgood (David) of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA; five grandchildren, Margaret Susan Schoelwer, San Francisco, CA; William James Schoelwer (Melissa), Charlottesville, VA; Jennifer Laura Schoelwer, Washington, DC; and Ryan James and Patrick Thomas Bloodgood, Rancho Palos Verdes; and three great-grandchildren, Vivian Jane, William Joseph, and James Henry Schoelwer, Charlottesville. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; siblings Mildred Violet Burn, Joseph George Novotny, Marie Bertha Hanke, Margaret Estella Green, Elizabeth Novotny, and Grace Dorothy Hurt; two nephews and a niece.
The family is grateful to all who provided Laura with loving care and support, especially her faithful Princeton care team friends and the staff at Belmont Village in Rancho Palos Verdes.
Funeral Mass was held January 13, at St. John Fisher Catholic Church, Rancho Palos Verdes, with Rev. Bernard Kalu officiating; to access video see ttps://livestream.com/stjohnfisher/special.
Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery, Arlington, preceded by Mass at St. Louis Catholic Church, Princeton, on dates to be determined. Arrangements are being made by Lighthouse Memorials, Torrance, California, and Norberg Funeral Home, Princeton.
Memorials may be made to St. John Fisher Catholic Church, Rancho Palos Verdes CA, St. Louis Catholic Church, Princeton IL; Catholic Relief Services; or Seedlings Braille Books for Children
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PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The president of Bradley University on Wednesday said the cash position of the school is “solid” and the school will be reinvesting in faculty and staff after a year of pandemic-related cuts.
Bradley University President Stephen Standifird addressed nearly 350 people, both in person and virtually, at the State of the University Address on Wednesday afternoon. He said the educational institution is in a great position financially to be able to reinstate pandemic-related cuts.
“It’s time to shift out of crisis mode … It’s time to start reinvesting in the organization. I am strongly of the mind you can’t cut your way to success. We move forward as a university by making key investments; investments in things that make the university great, ” he said.
He announced Bradley is bringing back sabbaticals, pre-pandemic teaching loads, professional travel for faculty and staff, and giving a 2% raise to all employees except senior leadership.
The administration has also begun the process of hiring for a newly created position of Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, who will report directly to Standifird.
The “intent is to create sustainable change that makes diversity, equity, and inclusion” essential to Bradley’s culture.
“Our incoming student class this year is 35% students of color, so our ability to track students has always been relatively strong. What we need to do is create a more welcoming, inclusive campus once they get here. So a lot of it is on creating that culture of inclusivity once people arrive,” he said.
Standifird said enrollment numbers have “begun to trend back to pre-pandemic numbers,” and this year is the largest cohort of graduate students since fall 2016.
Bradley was recognized again by the Princeton Review as a top undergraduate institution. Also, U.S. News and World Report ranked Bradley #2 in Midwest regional schools, up from fifth place.
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PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A crowd gathered at the intersection of Knoxville and Hanssler Place in Peoria, in front of a Planned Parenthood, for an hour of prayer to protest abortion on Sunday.
The first Sunday of October is the yearly “National Life Chain,” where pro-life Americans gather across the country for similar protests.
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A cook-off for the community.
More than 10 local restaurants competed in Build Peoria’s 2021 Chili Cook-off at Dozer Park in Peoria on Sunday.
EAST PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois man suspected of shoplifting died after he fell into the Illinois River while apparently trying to hide near a U.S. Coast Guard station, authorities said.
The man died Friday after it appears he scaled a fence and tumbled down an embankment into the river in East Peoria, Fon du Lac Park District Police Chief Michael Johnson said Saturday.

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Caleb Conrath was shot and killed in a mobile home park in Princeton on Wednesday. On the surface, Caleb was a skateboarder. In fact, it was skateboarding that led to him meet several of his lifelong friends, friends that describe him as family.
But as Alex Taylor Marandola says, her friend of nine years was not just a skateboarder, he was someone people relied on for support.
“Caleb was always just like so upbeat, always kept the mood alive, had everyone’s backs,” said Taylor-Marandola.
Taylor-Marandola learned how supportive Caleb could be first-hand when he and his family took her in.
“I was going through a rough time and Caleb and his mom opened up to me, their house, so I wouldn’t have to be alone at such a young age,” she added.
25 News has reached out to the Bureau County Coroner to check on the progress of the autopsy, but the coroner has yet to respond. Princeton Police say the investigation and search for person of interest Davijon Robinson continues. He was last seen in Kewanee.
And as law enforcement continues their efforts, Taylor-Marandola says she and everyone who knew Caleb are still struggling to accept that he is really gone.
“I think every morning we wake up and we still want to believe that it’s a dream and we’re gonna wake up from it,” said Taylor-Marandola.
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PRINCETON, WV (WVNS) — A young person was arrested after a shooting on Princeton on Sunday, August 22, 20201.
According to the Princeton Detachment of West Virginia State Police, Troopers responded to a call near Round House Mobile Home Park about a shooting. Investigators said several people were involved in a fight, and then one person fired shots. Three people were injured, and two were taken to Princeton Community Hospital and have since been released. They are expected to be okay.
The juvenile accused of firing the gun was taken into custody. The investigation is ongoing.
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City teachers and other school staff members are supposed to be vaccinated against COVID-19 when the bell rings Monday morning, in one of the first school district mandates in the country requiring employees to be inoculated against the coronavirus.
Mayor Bill de Blasio gave a final warning to the city’s roughly 148,000 public school staffers on Friday, saying unvaccinated employees would be placed on unpaid leave and not be allowed to work this week. The city planned to bring in substitutes where needed.
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize in the field of physiology or medicine has been awarded to U.S. scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian.
They were cited for their discovery of receptors for temperature and touch.
MERCER COUNTY, WV (WVNS) — A historic high school football game is set to return to the two Virginias this week.
One of the oldest and most storied rivalries in the country pits the Bluefield Beavers of West Virginia and the Graham G Men of Virginia against each other on the gridiron.

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by: Britni Moses
UPDATE: According to the Princeton police chief, it is believed the shooting happened inside one of the homes in a trailer park, not outside.
The Princeton Police Department says they will continue to provide any and all updates on their Facebook page.
EARLIER UPDATE: According to an updated Facebook post from the Princeton Police Department, one victim has succumbed to their injuries.
Another victim is being treated for non-life threatening injuries.
Police say they are actively searching for the suspects in another jurisdiction along with assistance from the Illinois State Police, Henry County Sheriff, Bureau County Sheriff and Kewanee Police Department.
Officers ask that anyone with credible information regarding this incident and the whereabouts of Davijon Robinson please contact the police department at the number mentioned below.
EARLIER UPDATE: The Princeton Police Department announced via Facebook that an investigation is currently underway after a shooting incident happened at approximately 4:15 p.m. Wednesday in the 200 block of Hillview Drive.
Police are looking for a black or dark-colored Nissan Altima with a white male driver.
They say the passenger is a black male with a white t-shirt, and he is armed with a gun.
Davijon Robinson is currently the person of interest.
“We need to locate them so we can talk to them,” said the Princeton Police Department in a Facebook post Wednesday evening. “We would appreciate any help from the public in locating them.”
According to another Facebook post made by the police department, Robinson is “hiding in Kewanee somewhere at this time.”
Officers ask that anyone with more information regarding this incident please contact the Princeton Police Department at 815-872-2351.
This is a developing story. Stay tuned to Local 4 News, Fox 18 News and OurQuadCities.com for updates. Got a news tip? Forward it to Local 4 on Twitter or Facebook or download our app on your iPhone or Android phone. 
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NAPERVILLE, IL — A total of 231 homes were damaged when Sunday’s EF-3 tornado swept through Naperville, city officials reported Wednesday.
After inspectors assessed damage to homes in the tornado’s path, they released the following statistics:
Related: Naperville Tornado Levels Home, Residents ‘Pulled From Rubble’
Homes with major damage will require a building permit for repairs and homes with minor damage likely will not, according to a news release from the city Wednesday afternoon.
Sunday’s tornado cut a 16-mile path of destruction from Naperville to Willow Springs, the National Weather Service reports. With wind speeds of 140 mph, the twister’s intensity peaked near the 1800 block of Princeton Circle in Naperville’s Ranchview neighborhood, leveling a home.
Latest: Stay Clear Of Area Hit By Tornado: Naperville Officials
In nearby Woodridge, more than 300 homes were damaged by the tornado, with 140 homes sustaining “major damage” and 21 homes ruled to be a “complete loss.”
As of Wednesday afternoon, cleanup efforts were still underway in Naperville’s hard-hit Ranchview subdivision and surrounding areas. Ranchview Drive will be closed daily through Friday and from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday as crews remove tree limbs, branches and other debris.
More tornado coverage:
Comcast To Waive Charges, Late Fees For Illinois Tornado Victims
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Downers Grove Storm Victim ‘Felt The Whole House Shake’
Special Tornado Debris, Brush Pickup Planned In Naperville

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Four teens were shot after an argument broke out inside an apartment in Englewood on the South Side early Wednesday.
The four — ages 16, 17, 17 and 19 — were in a second-floor apartment with several other people in the 7200 block of South Princeton Avenue when someone got into an argument and opened fire about 1:05 a.m., Chicago police said.
The 16-year-old boy was struck in the head and rushed to the University of Chicago Medical Center. where police initially said he was pronounced dead. But it was later reported that he had been resuscitated and was in critical condition.
A 17-year-old boy was struck in the left shoulder and brought to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in serious condition.

A 19-year-old man was struck in the back and a second 17-year-old man was struck in the neck, police said. They were both brought to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where the 19-year-old was in critical condition and the younger man was in serious condition.
No one was reported in custody.

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Sunny along with a few clouds. High 79F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph..
Partly to mostly cloudy. Slight chance of a rain shower. Low 61F. Winds light and variable.
Updated: October 4, 2021 @ 2:48 am
U.S. Marshals Service officers raided a Wood River home on Friday morning in the 800 block of Haller Street. At least eight members of the U.S. Marshals team were on scene, pulling up in undercover SUVs at around 8:15 a.m. One adult male suspect, Landon Bairfield, was taken into custody. The execution of the operation did not involve any local law enforcement.
Supervising Deputy for the U.S Marshals Tyson Imming said the suspect was wanted for aggravated battery in Indiana.
According to Princeton, Ind., local media, Bairfield has been wanted on aggravated battery charges since April. The charges stem from an incident where Bairfield shot another man in the hand with a .380 calibur pistol. In the last few months, Bairfield was spotted in East St. Louis and other locations while evading authorities.




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