STREATOR – The Streator Elementary School Board announced the hiring of a new superintendent. Dr. Lisa Parker, who formerly worked for the Dunlap School District, has 28 years of experience in education. Her hiring comes after last falls mutual separation agreement between the district ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Revenue and the Internal Revenue Service have announced that individual tax returns can begin to be submitted on Monday. They are reminding taxpayers that filing electronically with direct deposit is still the fastest and most secure way to receive ...Read more
MENDOTA – A Chicago man is in custody after taking cash from a business in Mendota. According to the Mendota Police Department, Tuesday afternoon 29 year-old Nicholas Brooks allegedly entered a business in the 900 block of Main Street and took money from the cash drawer. The business ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois’ Department of Transportation is inviting public comment on its latest rail plan that includes station upgrades and improvements on the Chicago-St. Louis passenger corridor. States are required to update their plans every five years. People can view Illinois’ ...Read more
CHAMPAIGN – A cooperative event between the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, the University of Illinois, and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife was held to promote serving of Asian Carp as a dish in the United States. On Monday chefs from both states worked on the project to ...Read more
PERU – Robert Fortney is the new chief nursing officer at Illinois Valley Community Hospital. The new CNO came to IVCH from Arlington Heights, where he had been a vice president and service line executive for Northwest Community Healthcare, an independent, community-based health system. ...Read more
The number of deer harvested by hunters declined locally this past season, though statewide deer harvest numbers are up. Statewide, 147,000 deer were killed in all of the 2017-2018 archery and firearm seasons, three thousand more deer than were harvested in the 2016-2017 season. Locally, in ...Read more
West Virginia – An Illinois truck driver faces charges in an interstate crash last year that killed a family of four from North Carolina in southern West Virginia. West Virginia State Police say that 41-year-old Bertram Copeland of Rockford, Illinois, was charged with four counts of ...Read more
Grundy County Authorities are investigating the death of a Sandwich Man. The Grundy County Coroner says 18 year old Bladimir Ortega was brought to the Morris Hospital by a friend early yesterday morning. After Ortega was placed in a wheelchair by hospital staff, authorities say the ...Read more
Two people were injured when their plane crashed on a river in Lee County yesterday. Illinois State Police say a small aircraft crashed around 12:30 Saturday afternoon near Grand Detour. State Police say the plane struck some power lines, and came to rest on ice on the Rock River. Police ...Read more
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