People Line Up For Kid Rock Tickets

Tickets are now on sale for Kid Rock in Peru.

Tickets for his July 13^th performance at the Illinois Valley Regional Airport are 58 dollars a person and are available at Lou’s LaGrotto, by calling Lou’s or going to their website.  You can also buy them at Wyanet Carpet in Princeton.  People camped out overnight at Lou’s in anticipation of the tickets going on sale despite all tickets being general admission.

Kid Rock is the latest “Concerts for a Cause” show put on by Merry Noonan with Lou’s LaGrotto.  The benefit concerts have raised over 315 thousand dollars for local schools, non-profits and U.S. soldiers.

99.3 WAJK and 96.5 the Wolf are the official radio stations Kid Rock’s show.

No Charges For Guy Who Drove Into Peru Swimming Pool

The elderly man who crashed into the Peru Swimming Pool won’t face any charges.

Peru Police say after investigating, no charges are warranted against 70-year old Bradford Eustice of Peru.  Investigators believe Eustice for whatever reason was going east on 10^th Street when he lost control of his car and traveled thru a baseball field fence.  He continued on through the outfield and through another fence before crashing into the pool fence and finally stopping inside the empty pool.

Eustice was taken to Illinois Valley Community Hospital.

 

A Fish And A Duck Arrested For Drugs In Peru

Are Peru Police targeting people with animal last names or is just coincidence that guys named Duck and Fish were arrested a few hours apart for drugs?

Peru Police on Thursday first stopped Andrew Duck of Las Vegas at Interstate 80 and Route 251.  He was arrested for possession of less than 30 grams of cannabis and released with a court date.

About two hours later at the same spot, Timothy Fish of Massachusetts was pulled over and arrested for felony possession of cannabis.  Investigators say he had about three ounces of pot.

Fish was taken to the county jail.

Oswego Boy Dies Playing Catch With A Baseball

A 12-year-old boy from Oswego died after he was hit with a baseball.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office says Eric Lederman  died Thursday night. It was 24 hours after the sixth grader was hit while playing baseball. School officials say Eric was playing for a traveling team.

Association executive president John Thorson says a ball thrown during warm ups hit the boy in the neck. Thorson says it was “a tragic accident.”