SPRINGFIELD – Area libraries and schools have been awarded CARES Act Grants from Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White. Libraries could apply for grants to help purchase cleaning and PPE supplies to offset costs during the pandemic. Mendota, Princeton, Spring Valley ...Read more
EFFINGHAM – State Senator Darren Bailey announced on Monday that he will be seeking the Republican nomination for Governor. The downstate farmer from Xenia was elected to the state legislature in 2018 and represents the 55th district. In April of 2020, Bailey sued Governor J.B. Pritzker to ...Read more
OTTAWA – An Ottawa woman is facing battery and deadly weapon charges after an investigation into an alleged stabbing Monday morning. The Ottawa Police Department say they were called to the 2100 block of Somerset Drive where they found a male victim with apparent stab wounds. Authorities ...Read more
LASALLE – LaSalle’s City Council is moving forward with plans to establish electric vehicle charging stations in the city. Currently, the city is considering a single station that will support charging two electric vehicles of any kind. Installation would cost the city roughly ...Read more
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee announced five students have been selected as winners in the 2021 Honoring His Legacy: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Writing Contest. The annual contest invites all IVCC ...Read more
MANHATTAN – A Will County man is facing multiple charges after allegedly setting a pole barn on fire in November 2020. According to the Will County Sheriff’s Department, on November 8th 2020, just after 11 pm, deputies were dispatched to the 9500 block of Pauling Road in ...Read more
MENDOTA – Weeks of heavy snow accumulating on a gas station canopy led to its collapse Monday in Mendota. The Mendota Fire Department was called around 2:30 PM to the station near I-39 and US Route 34 after a portion of the structure had fallen onto a truck parked at a gas pump. The ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker has signed a controversial criminal justice reform bill. House Bill 3653, which is over 700 pages in length, will eliminate cash bail in Illinois. It will let criminal offenders be set free without waiting in jail for their court date if they cannot afford ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department was notified of two additional novel coronavirus-related deaths in LaSalle County on Monday. The individuals are a male in his 60’s and a female in her 90’s. There have been a total of two hundred seventy-five COVID-19 related ...Read more
PRINCETON – Perry Memorial Hospital will offer free ONE day only COVID-19 testing on Thursday, February 25 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Appointments are required and must be scheduled by calling the COVID Communication Line at 815- 875-4531, option 5. Participants will receive a time ...Read more
