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OTTAWA – The city of Ottawa will be upgrading its lift station, moving it out of a flood plain. In a city council meeting earlier this week a motion was passed, authorizing Basalay Cary & Alstadt Architects to design a new station north of the existing facility that could be ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD – The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Illinois Chapter is asking state legislators for bipartisan support of Bills circulating the General Assembly. Ottawa Attorney, and member of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Alexis Ferractui, says the ...Read more

SPRING VALLEY – One man is in custody after a Bureau County incident where a homeowner had to fire a pistol to scare off an intruder. According to the Spring Valley Police Department 22-year-old Austin J. Schmitt of Cherry allegedly broke down the door of a home located on the 400 block of ...Read more

TONICA – The American Red Cross will host a blood drive in honor of a local volunteer firefighter. Evan Knoblauch of Oglesby, was diagnosed in 2017 with Ewing Sarcoma, a cancerous tumor that progressed to his lungs. Knoblauch is still undergoing cancer treatments and continues to fight for ...Read more

OGLESBY – Making Industry Meaningful In College (MIMIC) was named a finalist for the Bellwether Legacy Award, which recognizes previous Bellwether Award winners that have been offered for five or more years and have been replicated elsewhere. Six years ago, the MIMIC project was a finalist ...Read more

HARRISBURG- The body of a teen missing since March 3rd was found Friday in rural Gallatin County.   The Illinois State Police announced that they located the remains of 19 year-old Brooke S. Naylor after a multi day search.  Her vehicle was found abandoned last week.  An autopsy has been ...Read more

CHICAGO (AP) — One of the people injured in a deadly warehouse shooting last month is suing Illinois State Police, saying authorities wrongly let the gunman purchase the weapon used in the attack. Henry Pratt Co. employee Timothy Williams on Friday filed the lawsuit. It says he was shot three ...Read more

OTTAWA, Ill. – State Rep. Lance Yednock introduced legislation that would improve the transfer of information relating to opioid overdoses in Illinois. Yednock’s House Bill 3459 would require coroners in Illinois to reports any death where opioids are a contributing factor to the Illinois ...Read more

CHICAGO (AP) — A grand jury has indicted “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett of 16 counts related to allegations that he lied to police about an attack in January _ eight counts for what he told a police officer and eight more for what he told a detective. In the indictment filed ...Read more