SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Legislation that would allow college athletes in Illinois to make money from endorsements is advancing in the state’s legislature. The Illinois House on Wednesday voted 86-25 to send the bill to the Senate. The bill would allow college athletes to be compensated ...Read more
OTTAWA – A rare October snow that touched down in LaSalle County Wednesday morning is putting harvesting at a halt. Ideally during harvest time dry weather is needed to get heavy machinery across land, but with saturated fields there’s not much farmers can do. Isermann says ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Senate Republicans have joined the call for ethics reform in Illinois after a state representative was charged with bribery. GOP leaders on Wednesday announced a measure to give the Legislative Inspector General more independence in investigating alleged ...Read more
PERU – A heavy band of rare October snow has covered parts of the area and made roadways slick on Wednesday morning. A winter weather advisory is in effect until 10 AM and some forecasts predict more than 6 inches of snow. Scattered power outages and traffic accidents are being ...Read more
MARKHAM, Ill. (AP) — An Iowa man with ties to the Chicago area has been charged with murder in the shooting death of two people at a suburban shopping mall earlier this month. Cook County prosecutors say 18-year-old Dajon Lewis of Grinnell is was charged in the death of 17-year-old ...Read more
MENDOTA – The Mendota Board of Education approved the collective bargaining agreement with the Mendota Education Association at Tuesday night’s meeting. The agreement included base salary increases of 4%, 4.5%, and 4% in years 1,2, and 3, respectively, and an increase in sick days. The ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Singer R. Kelly is slated to appear in a Chicago federal courtroom, where his lawyers could broach a longshot request for a judge to grant him bond as he awaits his child pornography trial. Wednesday’s status hearing comes nearly a month after a judge in a related federal ...Read more
STREATOR – Mayor of Bloomington, Tari Renner, assisted Streator’s council and departments heads with their strategic planning on Tuesday night. The general objective of strategic planning included utilizing an acronym “SWOT” a.k.a, addressing strengths, weakness, opportunities ...Read more
STREATOR – Mayor of Bloomington, Tari Renner, assisted Streator’s council and departments heads with their strategic planning on Tuesday night. The general objective of strategic planning included utilizing an acronym “SWOT” a.k.a, addressing strengths, weakness, opportunities ...Read more
OTTAWA – Most communities have winter and snow parking restrictions in place in order to get the streets back open after a snowstorm. Here are some of the area rules, but if you have specific questions you should contact your city for details at your address or ...Read more
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