Springfield, IL – Representatives from LaSalle County Health Department’s Medical Reserve Corps were in Springfield Wednesday to accept the “Governor’s Hometown Award.” LaSalle County was chosen to receive the award for work addressing the opiod crisis through the ...Read more
The Streator Fire Department extinguished a structure fire late Tuesday night, November 7, 2017. Firefighters were called to 115 W Kent Street at 11:22 pm after a report that the roof of the residence was on fire. Fire crews arrived in 3 minutes to find smoke and flame coming from an area of the ...Read more
OTTAWA, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois appeals court has ruled that a judge falling asleep during a murder trial doesn’t warrant a retrial. The Illinois Appellate Court panel in Ottawa says Whiteside County Judge Jeffrey O’Connor’s alleged nap was harmless as long as he wasn’t ...Read more
PERU – A 27 year-old transient has been arrested in a sting operation after allegedly using counterfeit currency to purchase pizza in Peru. Since late December, according to Peru Police Chief Doug Bernabei, there was an ongoing investigation into fake $100 bills being used in LaSalle and ...Read more
(Chicago AP) Many patients are first introduced to powerful opioid painkillers in the emergency room. A new study released Tuesday tested over-the-counter pain relievers on people with broken bones and sprains. Researchers found acetaminophen plus ibuprofen worked as well as opioids at reducing ...Read more
WILMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — A Minnesota-based food company has opened an Illinois distribution center that could employ as many as 150 people. Gov. Bruce Rauner and area officials cut the ribbon on the 1.5 million-square-foot General Mills facility in Wilmington on Tuesday. General Mills produces ...Read more
MOUNT CARROLL, Ill. (AP) — The husband of an Illinois Department of Children and Family Services investigator who was beaten while trying to take protective custody of a child says his wife remains in a coma and in critical condition. Don Knight says 59-year-old Pamela Sue Knight of Dixon is ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers have approved a plan proponents say will help protect the habitat of monarch butterflies. The proposal would prohibit counties and towns from classifying milkweed as noxious or exotic weed. Milkweed is a primary food source for monarch larvae. Backers ...Read more
A busy 24-hours for Streator Area Firefighters. Around 11:30 last night, they responded to a residential fire on West Kent Street. No immediate word on the cause of the fire. Grand Ridge and Streator Firefighters battled a fire in a vacant house on West Third Street during the early morning ...Read more
MUNSTER, Ind. (AP) — A group has failed to appeal in federal court the rejection of its application to construct a more than 260-mile freight railroad from northern Indiana to southeastern Wisconsin. Great Lakes Basin Transportation had 60 days starting Aug. 31 to appeal the Surface ...Read more
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