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MENDOTA – A man arrested for alleged drug sales in Mendota faces more charges following a search of his home last Friday. According to the Tri County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team and the Mendota Police Department, they executed a search warrant for 38-year-old Matthew D. McPheeters ...Read more

STREATOR – Streator’s Fire Department will be getting a new vehicle extrication equipment. At Tuesday night’s city council meeting, members gave the OK for the over $23,000 purchase for a set of TNT battery operated rescue tools. Fire Chief Gary Bird says the departments current ...Read more

PRINCETON – Two men are facing multiple charges after the Tri County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team conducted a buy/bust operation in Princeton. According to authorities, on Wednesday, 36-year-old Phillip P. Castelli of Tiskilwa and Paul C Hayden of Princeton were arrested as a result of ...Read more

PRINCETON – Two men are facing multiple charges after the Tri County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team conducted a buy/bust operation in Princeton. According to authorities, on Wednesday, 36-year-old Phillip P. Castelli of Tiskilwa and Paul C. Hayden of Princeton were arrested as a result of ...Read more

PERU – Through Friday October 18th, The Peru City Cemetery will be closed to the public for road repaving. The city says accommodations will be made for a funeral on Friday. ...Read more

WEDRON – The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office is seeking assistance in identifying a male individual who was allegedly involved in a residential burglary in rural Wedron on Wednesday. In the surveillance video provided to the sheriff’s office, the suspect can be seen walking ...Read more

  CHICAGO (AP) — The estate of the 5-year-old northern Illinois boy who was beaten to death and buried in a shallow grave this year has filed a lawsuit contending that two state child welfare workers ignored clear signs that the boy was being abused months before his death. The federal ...Read more

STREATOR – Streator High School is asking teachers how they feel about an academic schedule change. According to Principal Amy Jo Mascal, the Schedule Support Committee has been working for over a year to study three different forms of academic scheduling for students to better prepare ...Read more

MENDOTA- Teachers gathered outside the three District 289 schools in Mendota Wednesday morning and held up signs on the first day of the strike.  A notice sent to parents Wednesday afternoon stated that no classes would be held through Friday.  There has not been any publication of a time when ...Read more

MENDOTA – Mendota High School provides transportation to all of the preschool to grade 12 students within the Mendota Township High School district. Due to the teacher strike, MHS and Holy Cross students will transfer buses at alternate sites.           Regular bus ...Read more