MINONK – All lanes of I-39 between Normal and Minonk are closed Friday morning after a Thursday afternoon pile-up damaged nearly 30 vehicles. The Illinois State Police say nineteen tractor trailers and nine passenger vehicles were damaged after a series of crashes triggered the pileup ...Read more
The Florida House of Representatives approved a ban on abortions for women who have been pregnant for 15 weeks or longer without exceptions for rape or incest — a nine-week difference from current legislation. Lawmakers debated for five hours and 27 minutes on Wednesday night before passing ...Read more
A New York judge ruled on Thursday that former U.S. President Donald Trump and two of his adult children, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr., must answer questions under oath within 21 days in the state attorney general’s civil probe into their family company. Justice Arthur Engoron of the ...Read more
STREATOR – Today is the anniversary of the discovery of Pluto by a man born in Streator. It was February 18th, 1930 photographic evidence of Pluto was discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Tombaugh was born in Streator in 1906. Although he passed ...Read more
PRINCETON – Country music artist Justin Moore has been scheduled to headline the annual concert at the Bureau County Fair this coming August. Tickets for Justin Moore will go on sale Saturday, February 26th at 9 AM. All tickets will be sold online at www.bureaucountyfair.com The 167th ...Read more
STREATOR – Streator’s City Council approved a collective bargaining agreement between the city and Streator Firefighters Local 56. According to City Manager David Plyman the agreement is similar to contracts of years past but includes several changes. The three year term will run through ...Read more
On Wednesday, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a law ending mask mandates in schools throughout Virginia. The law allows parents to opt-out their children from wearing masks, despite conflicting local mandates, without providing a reason or getting an exemption. It also bars online learning ...Read more
The U.S. military announced Wednesday that Russian military jets intercepted three U.S. Navy aircrafts over the weekend in an “unprofessional” manner. U.S. Navy Capt. Mike Kafka, director of Defense Press Operations, said the intercepts happened while the U.S. aircraft were in ...Read more
OGLESBY – The North-Central Illinois community is invited to take an inside look at the drug epidemic’s impact in the community tonight, through a Zoom presentation with Illinois Valley Community College. Luke Tomsha, founder of the Perfectly Flawed Foundation, will once again ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Most schools across the state have dropped the mask mandate for students and staff after the Illinois Joint Committee of Administrative Rules voted to suspend the Governor’s attempt to reissue emergency COVID-19 measures. Students who take the bus will still be required ...Read more
