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STREATOR – Today is the anniversary of the discovery of Pluto by a man born in Streator.  It was on this date in 1930 photographic evidence of Pluto (now designated a “dwarf planet”) was discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Tombaugh was ...Read more

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — More than 1,500 people braved snow and freezing drizzle to attend a prayer vigil for five slain co-workers Sunday, two days after they were fatally shot at a suburban Chicago manufacturing plant by a longtime employee who was fired moments earlier. The Rev. Dan Haas told ...Read more

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — The man who opened fire and killed five co-workers at a suburban Chicago manufacturing plant took a gun he wasn’t allowed to have to a job he must have known he was about to lose. Right after learning Friday that he was being fired from his job of 15 years at the Henry ...Read more

  AURORA, Ill. (AP) — A man being fired from his job started shooting at a suburban Chicago manufacturing warehouse, killing five co-workers and wounding five police officers before he was killed by police. Police say 45-year-old Gary Martin had been working at Henry Pratt Co. in ...Read more

PERU – The medical director of the Illinois Valley Community Hospital emergency department is now board-certified in addiction medicine. Dr. Paul Bonucci received the certification from the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) in January. He is also certified by the American Board ...Read more

OTTAWA – Students seeking careers in health care can earn money toward tuition as part of the educational loan assistance program offered by OSF HealthCare Saint Elizabeth Medical Center. Designed to support high school seniors and college students living within LaSalle County, the program ...Read more

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — An employee of a manufacturing company opened fire at its suburban Chicago plant Friday, killing five people and wounding five police officers before he was fatally shot, police said. Aurora, Illinois, Police Chief Kristen Ziman told a news conference that the gunman was ...Read more

OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College placed its Human Services and Graphic Design Technology programs on inactive status at Thursday’s board meeting due to “unsustainable enrollments.” Trustees approved discontinuing a Human Services Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree ...Read more

PRINCETON – The Bureau County Board passed a resolution to launch a special one-half percent county retailers occupation tax for public safety Thursday. Exempt will be sales of vehicles, groceries or medicine. Consumers will pay an additional 50 cents for every $100 of taxable personal ...Read more