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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Pentagon says one of the two soldiers killed Saturday in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb was from Illinois. On Sunday, military officials identified the soldier as 21-year-old Pfc. Miguel A. Villalon of Joliet.  He was assigned to 307th Brigade Engineer Battalion, ...Read more

STREATOR – OSF Center for Health in Streator has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in nuclear medicine. According to Community Relations Coordinator Caitlin Parker, the award was a result of an extensive review by the American College of Radiology. The ACR gold seal of ...Read more

WOODRIDGE, Ill. (AP) — A victim advocate for a large U.S. Army Reserve command has accused commanders of mishandling sexual assault cases and retaliating against at least one victim. Amy Braley Franck told The Associated Press that commanders within the 416th Engineer Command investigated at ...Read more

OTTAWA – Community members in the city of Ottawa plan to petition the used car tax. Denetta Flamingo, who addressed council members about the .5% tax on titled vehicles, Tuesday night, says she’s hoping to get a referendum on the ballot. 989 registered voters in the city of Ottawa ...Read more

OTTAWA – Community members in the city of Ottawa plan to petition a used motor vehicle tax. Denetta Flamingo, who addressed council members about the 0.5% tax on all titled motor vehicles Tuesday night, says she’s hoping to get a referendum on the November ballot. According to her ...Read more

PRINCETON – A California man is in custody after authorities seized a substance containing purported fentanyl and over $150,000 in vacuum-sealed packages during a traffic stop near Princeton on Thursday. According to the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Teams, 21-year-old Alejandro ...Read more

OGLESBY – Former Illinois Valley Community College trustee Melissa Olivero of Peru will deliver the college’s May commencement address, President Jerry Corcoran announced at Thursday’s board meeting.  Olivero, an administrative law judge, was elected twice and served the college from ...Read more

OTTAWA – LaSalle County Board voted to prohibit the sale of cannabis in unincorporated areas of the county. The board voted 20 to 7 to ban the sale in a decision they had been discussing since November. While some on the board felt that it would be advantageous to collect funds from the ...Read more

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Several Iowa and Illinois counties hope to form a sprawling port district along the Mississippi River. Bakers say the plan would improve access to federal funding and aid business development. The Quad-City Times reports that organizers are working on getting governing ...Read more

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A judge has denied an Illinois man’s complaint that accused police officers of retaliating against him after he settled a separate excessive force lawsuit against a former officer from another city. U.S. Magistrate Judge Eric Long decided last Friday that Urbana ...Read more