STREATOR – An opportunity for area businesses to keep up with their state required sexual harassment training courses is being offered in Streator. The Streator Area Chamber of Commerce is working with Woodland School and Streator Township High School, who use a company called Bushue Human ...Read more
STREATOR – The Streator Area United Way is nearing their fundraising pledge goal for the year. Ahead of their November 5th dinner, it was announced this week that they were over 88% of the way to meeting their nearly $240,000 goal. The bulk of the funds pledged have come from area ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced during National Teen Driver Safety Week that teen driver deaths are down 74% since 2007. “The goal has always been to save lives,” White said. “While our graduated driver licensing program is working as intended with teen ...Read more
PONTIAC – Twelve more residents of Livingston County have tested positive for COVID-19, including three children under the age of 10. The Livingston County Health Department say all of the newly infected are recovering at home in isolation. So far, the department has received 16,339 COVID-19 ...Read more
DEKALB – 27 more cases of COVID-19 were reported by the DeKalb County Health Department. In total, 2,236 cases have been reported throughout the county since the start of the pandemic, with 42 deaths. Of those deaths, 1 had come from a resident of Oak Crest DeKalb Area Retirement Center, ...Read more
OTTAWA – The 61st COVID-19 related death in LaSalle County reported on Wednesday. The death, a female in her 80’s, was announced as well as 26 new cases, individuals ranging in age from youth to in their 90’s. In addition, 72 more recoveries were announced on Wednesday, for a total of ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 69 coronavirus related deaths on Wednesday, the highest daily COVID-19 related death count the state has seen since mid-June. 4,342 new cases of COVID-19 were also confirmed by the IDPH. This is the 7th day in a row Illinois ...Read more
PERU – Starting Wednesday afternoon through Friday, North Peoria Street will be closed from Sunset Drive to Midtown Road and Plank Road will be closed from Luther Drive to Schuyler Drive for road construction. Residential homes located on Terrace Drive and Plank Road will be accessible ...Read more
OTTAWA – An early morning traffic stop in Ottawa led to an arrest for cocaine on Tuesday. The Ottawa Police Department say they stopped a vehicle allegedly speeding around 2:00 AM on Marquette Street. During the investigation, they discovered between 1 and 15 grams of purported cocaine. ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Two of the regions designated by the Illinois Department of Public Health will be facing stricter mitigation measures to help control the growing number of COVID-19 cases. Regions 7 and 8, making up Kane, DuPage, Will and Kankakee counties, will see an end Friday to indoor ...Read more
