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SPRING VALLEY – Spring Valley Police say they are investigating two burglaries to downtown taverns.  Police say that on March 27th, around 1 am, a male suspect entered a tavern in the 100 block of West St. Paul Street and stole cash from the tavern. Also, this morning, at around 2:25, a ...Read more

STREATOR – A Streator man was arrested after an ongoing investigation into missing funds totaling over $11,000 from two different sports organizations. On Wednesday Streator Police arrested 43-year-old Larry L. Finney Jr on four Class 3 Felonies for theft over $500. In November, according ...Read more

STREATOR – A tentative agreement was reached Wednesday night between the Streator Elementary School Board and the Streator Education Association. The teachers will ratify the new three year contract in a meeting next week, with the school board voting on it during the next scheduled meeting ...Read more

TONICA – Slick Roads were blamed for two separate accidents 15 minutes apart on I-39.  In the first accident, a 46 year old Gibson City man lost control of his semi north of the Tonica exit, and struck the side of a tractor trailer truck driven by a 45 year old Wisconsin man.  The crash ...Read more

OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College’s agriculture program was bolstered when the Illinois Community College Board approved its application for an Associate of Applied Science degree in Agronomy. “This further expands the agriculture opportunities already available at IVCC,” ...Read more

MORRIS – A Grundy County man has died after his truck went off the roadway and went into a lake. According to the Grundy County Coroner’s Office, the incident was discovered Sunday afternoon along Jugtown Road north of Coal City. Authorities are not exactly sure when the accident took place, ...Read more

OTTAWA – The area jobless numbers are in and they are down over a percent from a year ago. With over 55,000 new jobs added statewide according to numbers provided by the Illinois Department of Employment Security, area unemployment also decreased. Unemployment in Bureau, LaSalle and Putnam ...Read more

MORRIS – A Grundy County man has died after his truck went off the roadway and went into a lake. According to the Grundy County Coroner’s Office, the incident was discovered Sunday afternoon along Jugtown Road north of Coal City. Authorities are not exactly sure when the accident took ...Read more

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Stymied by state regulators, a renewable energy company seeking to build one of the nation’s longest power lines across a large swath of the Midwest has turned to a prominent politician in an attempt to revive its $2.3 billion project. Former Missouri Gov. Jay ...Read more

MENDOTA – A Peoria man in is custody after an investigation into a car theft in Mendota earlier this week. On March 27th, Mendota police responded to a call of a vehicle being stolen near the I-39 interchange at a business. Later that same day, the vehicle was recovered in Peoria with gunfire ...Read more