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MENDOTA – Mendota High School is looking to take in Paw Paw students. After a meeting held by Superintendent Jeff Prusator earlier this week, he states the board is interested in making an offer with Paw Paw

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — Former Illinois congressman Aaron Schock is seeking to move his corruption trial from a federal court in Urbana to Peoria. Schock’s attorneys argue in a motion filed in U.S. District Court that because

PERU – Plans for a multi-jurisdiction law enforcement facility for LaSalle and Peru police departments are being followed through according to the shared services committee.  After the city of Oglesby announced they will no longer be participating,

STREATOR – A man was arrested for a burglary in Streator on Monday. Illinois State Police say 48-year-old Alonzo Kyles of Streator was arrested at Streator City Park for a reported burglary to a building located on

MORRIS – A brief manhunt ended with the arrest of one man after a woman fled from a car in Morris suffering from stab wounds. Around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday the Morris Police Department say they were called

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge in two high profile cases has been removed from hearing all his criminal cases after it was revealed he exchanged emails with an employee at the U.S. attorney’s office in which

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Illinois corrections officials have announced construction will begin next spring on a 200-bed inpatient mental health and medical facility. The Joliet Treatment Center will be 180,000 square feet.  Officials announced Tuesday it will

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Investigators have recovered a body believed to be that of a 20-year-old Iowa college student who vanished from a small town one month ago, a spokesman for a reward fund said Tuesday.

SPRING VALLEY – The remaining portions of the old bridge over the Illinois River is scheduled to imploded Wednesday in Spring Valley. IDOT announced that, weather permitting, closures will begin around 7:30 a.m. and the Illinois Route