Percy News

Two and a half weeks after a fatal fire that killed four of five children in one family, people continue to rally around the Owen family.

More than 35 years ago, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago embarked on a massive, $2.4 billion engineering project aimed at capturing storm water and sewage, thereby also reducing the harmful effects of flushing raw sewage into Lake Michigan.

A 33-year-old man who pleaded not guilty to murder charges related to an Illinois house fire that killed four children had previously threatened to kill anyone who had harmed his children, according to witnesses.

The man accused of setting a home on fire in Percy, Illinois and killing four children will go before a judge Monday.

A 33-year-old man facing murder charges related to a southern Illinois house fire that killed four children is to make his first court appearance.

A 33-year-old man was charged on Friday with four counts of first-degree murder and residential arson in the deaths of the children ages five to 12.

Police are questioning a person of interest in the case, but have not identified that person other than it is a male.

UPDATED 12:37 p.m. FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013 PERCY, Ill. - Four children have perished in an overnight house fire in a small southwestern Illinois village.

Randolph County Coroner Randy Dudenbostel says that in addition to the fatalities, at least one person at the house was injured and taken to a hospital.

Officials are investigating a deadly house fire in Randolph County. Crews were called to 810 W. Almond Street around 2:00 a.m. on Friday.

Steelville Fire Chief said the fire happened at a home in the 800 block of West Almond in Percy, Ill.