MENDOTA – The Optimist Club is helping the city of Mendota raise funds for a new baseball scoreboard in honor of 12 year-old Karl Soliman. Soliman passed away last December after he collapsed at a basketball tournament. The club presented the city with a check for $4,000 for Strauss ...Read more
UNDATED – The American Red Cross has a severe shortage of type O blood. According to the organization, type O blood in the most in-demand blood type. Type O negative blood can be transfused to patients with any blood types and is what emergency room personnel reach for when there’s ...Read more
OTTAWA – The Reddick Mansion Association will begin restorations this Spring. The more than 1.2 million dollar project will include exterior upgrades to balconies and windows of the Reddick Mansion in Ottawa. The mansion will also undergo an asbestos abatement. Weather permitting, work is ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois lawmaker has proposed legislation that aims to provide a more comprehensive definition of consent for sex education classes in the state. Media outlets reports that the bill defines consent as “a freely given agreement to sexual activity.” The ...Read more
PERU – A new record cold high temperatures for March 4th, was set this morning. North central Illinois faced unseasonably cold air for the start of the month, a record breaking wind chill of -19 degrees this morning. The wind chill advisory may be through, however elevated excessive cold ...Read more
SPRING VALLEY – Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru and St. Margaret’s in Spring Valley and have signed a non-binding Letter of Intent to consolidate their operations and form a regional health network. “St. Margaret’s and IVCH have proudly served this region for more ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker is hoping the burgeoning sports-gambling industry will help solve Illinois’ budget troubles, but state lawmakers must first legalize expanded wagering after years of failed attempts. Pritzker said during his budget address last month that the state could ...Read more
ELGIN, Ill. (AP) — Elgin city council members have approved hiring an outside firm to investigate a police officer’s fatal shooting of a woman. The Elgin City Council voted 7-1 Wednesday to hire the firm to investigate DeCynthia Clements’ March 2018 killing. Council members said it ...Read more
DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers plan a hearing about the death of a 2-year-old Decatur girl who died from starvation and deprivation. Democratic state Rep. Sue Scherer of Decatur says she requested the Tuesday hearing. She says legislators want to find out what happened and how to ...Read more
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Autopsies have determined that a Joliet man shot and killed his girlfriend and their two children before he fatally shot himself as police initially believed. Joliet Police have said since Thursday that the deaths appeared to be murder-suicide and after the autopsies showed ...Read more
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