URBANA, Ill. (AP) — Researchers involved in an Illinois tick research and surveillance program are hoping the public will be generous in passing on to them the little bloodsuckers. The University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine says the Illinois Tick Inventory Collaboration Network ...Read more
CHICAGO – Several area counties are under a significant thunderstorm risk tonight. According to the National Weather Service, LaSalle, Lee, De Kalb, Kendall, Grundy and Livingston are just some of the counties in north central Illinois that are under hazardous weather conditions. An ...Read more
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is aiding farmers hurt by his trade policies against China with $16 billion. As previously reported by the Associated Press, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said that the first of three payments is likely to be made in July or August. “The ...Read more
STREATOR – A warehouse caught fire Friday morning but the Streator Fire Department quickly extinguished the smoky blaze in around twenty minutes. Lt. Bryan Park said they were called after 6 AM to the Schultz Monument Company in the 100 block of South Shabbona Street, and when they ...Read more
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Army engineers say two runaway barges did “minimal” damage when they struck an Arkansas River dam. The barges, filled with 1,500 tons of fertilizer, swept down the flood-swollen river and hit the Webbers Falls Lock and Dam about noon Thursday and sank. ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. immigration officials have told a pregnant Mexican woman who had taken sanctuary inside a Chicago church that she can stay in the United States until after the baby is born. Adilene Marquina had been told by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that she could be deported ...Read more
OTTAWA – Local unemployment rates are down this month and statewide numbers remain the same. According to the Illinois Department of Employment Security, statewide unemployment rates are steady at 4.4 percent, but local county rates have decreased by nearly 2 percent. Putnam County ...Read more
UTICA – LaSalle County Historical Society is Celebrating the life of James Butler Hickock this weekend in Utica. Held at the museum campus, “Wild Bill Days” will feature crafts and vendors, live re-enactments and a barn dance to conclude the weekend. Hickock was born and raised in ...Read more
SPRING VALLEY – The city of Spring Valley approved a benefit for a Bureau County family whose home had been destroyed in a fire. On May 14th, a family of six in DePue suffered a fire that injured their 4-year-old son. He is currently hospitalized after being airlifted with burn injuries ...Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump rolled out another $16 billion in aid for farmers hurt by his trade policies, and financial markets shook Thursday on the growing realization that the U.S. and China are far from settling a bitter, year-long trade dispute. U.S. Agriculture Secretary ...Read more
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