STREATOR – Farmers are rushing to get crops in the ground, though not the plant they were hoping for. By this time last year fields in LaSalle County were budding with corn stalks, but after a historic stretch of rainfall this season, some farmers are left with ponds. According ...Read more
FAIR OAKS, Ind. (AP) — Three people have been charged with animal cruelty following the release of video showing workers kicking and throwing young calves at a northwestern Indiana dairy farm that’s an agritourism destination. The Newton County Sheriff’s Department said Monday that ...Read more
MENDOTA – The aging and crumbling track surface at the Mendota District 289 facility on Stroble Ave is getting rebuilt this summer. The project, funded in part by “Friends of the Track”, is seeking donations to help with the project. The former high school football field and track is now ...Read more
MENDOTA – The early Sunday morning call for a person with a gunshot wound turned out to be unsubstantiated after an investigation by Mendota Police, however, one person was eventually taken into custody. Around 3 AM they were called to the 100 Block of South 13th Ave for a report of a ...Read more
VERONA – The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that a woman who had been found deceased after a fire was a victim of a homicide. They say that 39-year-old Elizabeth Ann Link was a victim of an undetermined inflicted trauma. It was May 14th when authorities were ...Read more
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Three people from Aurora have died in a crash outside St. Louis. The crash happened late Friday night on Interstate 44 in Franklin County. Investigators say a semitrailer hit the left rear bumper of a sport utility vehicle, causing the smaller vehicle to overturn. The ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A massive capital construction plan approved by Illinois lawmakers includes $1 billion for road work along Interstate 80, and hundreds of millions of dollars to boost rail and bus services. The roughly $40 billion plan comes after a decade without such funding. The projects ...Read more
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A plan to legalize recreational marijuana in Illinois will also allow those with low-level marijuana convictions to have their records expunged. Gov. J.B. Pritzker has said he will sign the proposal that will make Illinois the 11th state, along with the District of ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois dispensaries are staffing up and remodeling in preparation for the legalization of recreational marijuana. The General Assembly approved the marijuana legislation last month and it now awaits a signature from Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. He campaigned on legalization, so ...Read more
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — A group is recommending that the University of Illinois erect a plaque or monument to commemorate the history of Chief Illiniwek, the mascot who was dropped amid much criticism in 2007. The Chancellor’s Commission on Native Imagery says the site outside Memorial ...Read more
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