OTTAWA – Ottawa’s City Council tabled approving a junk yard proposed on Marquette Street. During public comment at Tuesday night’s meeting residents of Price Street spoke against allowing a new junk yard in the 900 block of West Marquette Street because of the poor ...Read more
UNDATED – Daylight saving time starts Sunday, which means losing one hour of sleep. The Center for Disease Control says being sleep deprived before the time change can increase health and safety risks like weakening your immune system. They recommend moving up the timing of wakening and ...Read more
UTICA – Service times have been set for former Utica Fire Department Chief of Staff, Ed Rogers. There will be a wake this Sunday at 11 a.m. at the fire station with a memorial service to follow at 2 p.m. Uniformed Service Personnel are asked to arrive at 1:15 in Class A Uniform to prepare ...Read more
OGLESBY – Interviews for Oglesby’s next Chief of Police will be Thursday. Carrie Lijewski, Commissioner of Public Health and Safety, says it will be a non-bias interview process conducted by three Illinois police chiefs. Last month, former Chief of Police Jim Knoblauch announced his ...Read more
OGLESBY – Interviews for Oglesby’s next Chief of Police will be Thursday. Carrie Lijewski, Commissioner of Public Health and Safety, says it will be a non-bias interview process conducted by three Illinois police chiefs. Last month, former Chief of Police Jim Knoblauch announced his ...Read more
OTTAWA – The Ottawa Police Department is continuing investigative efforts in the search for a missing Ottawa woman. According to Captain David Gualandri, the continued investigation for 45-year-old Tina Donovan is no longer associated with a ground or water search. Earlier last week, ...Read more
OTTAWA – The Ottawa Police Department is continuing investigative efforts in the search for a missing Ottawa woman. According to Captain David Gualandri, the continued investigation for 45-year-old Tina Donovan is no longer associated with a ground or water search. Earlier last week, ...Read more
LINCOLN, Ill. (AP) — State police say three people died when a small plane crashed and burst into flames on Interstate 55 in central Illinois. Mindy Carroll of the Illinois State Police said in a statement that all three occupants of the plane were killed in the crash in Lincoln at about ...Read more
MENDOTA- The Mendota Police Department welcomed a new addition to the department. Abram Yucus was sworn in after Monday’s City Council Meeting. Yucus will be finishing his training over the next few months, after which he will begin working under a mentor police officer in the Mendota ...Read more
OGLESBY – Most residents in Oglesby that filed out a survey involving the proposed Senica Square project were against moving forward with plans. At Monday night’s city council meeting Comissioner James Curran went over the results of the nearly 360 surveys he received back from ...Read more
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