Texting and drinking tickets after minor accident in La Salle

Drunk texting is bad.  Drunk driving presumably is worse.  A man arrested in La Salle is accused after doing both after someone hit a parked pickup truck Friday evening.

Ricky Jenkins was also arrested for illegal transportation of alcohol, failure to reduce speed, obstructed windshield and other charges.  Police think he was the one who hit the truck near 5th and Crosat Streets.

Driving while texting became unlawful in Illinois on January 1.  This is one of the first tickets to be issued locally for the offense.

Jenkins was released on an I-bond.

Fox River remains at moderate flood stage

Moderate flooding continues along the Fox River at Dayton.  The National Weather Services said Saturday morning moderate flooding will continue for a few more days, though the river level is falling.  They warn ice jams could cause rapid changes in the river level.  A flood warning remains in place.

Flooding and ice has forced families from their homes.  The area was declared a county disaster area earlier in the week.

Crash near Marseilles involves school bus

No students were hurt after a bus got into an accident without a car near Marseilles.  Police say the bus driven by Carolyn Latimer of Seneca crashed with a car driven by Steven Cooke of Marseilles before school Friday.

          Cooke’s car ended up hitting a guardrail.  Only eight students were on the bus.

Scammers claim to be from Publisher’s Clearinghouse

Wouldn’t it be great to win the Publisher’s Clearinghouse Grand Prize?  Chances are you won’t and if you do, you won’t be wiring money to a man in Jamaica. 

          Princeton Police is warning about a recent scam that’s hit some people in town.  The scammer contacts you either through email or by phone and claims you’ve won a lot o money and to claim your prize you must wire money.

          Police say it’s a scam and you shouldn’t wire the money.  If you’re contacted, call the police.