STREATOR – A memorial service for former Streator Mayor Jimmie Landsford will be held at City Park this weekend. The family and friends of Former Mayor Lansford are making arrangements to have a public service on Saturday at 11 am at Plumb Pavillion in City Park. ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD –With the weather warming up, the Illinois Department of Public Health is warning the public to beware of rabid animals, especially bats, as they become more active this time of year. IDPH has received reports of four rabid bats in the state since May 15 from Champaign, Jackson, ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Residents of Putnam County and nine other Illinois counties can dispose of unwanted agrichemicals for free this year through the Illinois Department of Agriculture’s agricultural pesticide “Clean Sweep” program. A “Clean Sweep” collection has been scheduled in late ...Read more
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College’s Sabrina Belmonte of Mendota is a recipient of the U.S. State Department-sponsored Gilman Program scholarship to aid in her study abroad to Costa Rica this summer. The Gilman Program offers grants for undergraduate students of limited financial ...Read more
SENECA – One person was life-flighted after being injured in an explosion in Seneca on Saturday. The Illinois State Police and Illinois Conservation Police say they were called to Spring Brook Marina around 4:30 PM for a fire and explosion involving a boat in the water. There were 17 ...Read more
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College honored the late Rick Rynke in a ceremony earlier this month, 60 years after he graduated from IVCC predecessor LaSalle-Peru-Oglesby Junior College. Rynke’s classmate and friend, William Taylor of Bonita Springs, Fla., donated to the IVCC ...Read more
PERU – The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office say that two individuals they were seeking in regards to an incident in South Streator where shots were fired have been taken into custody in Peru. On Wednesday afternoon they say they were called to the 1600 Block of South Illinois ...Read more
DIXON – A single vehicle crash east of Dixon has taken the life of a Franklin Grove man. The Dixon Police Department and the Lee County Sheriff’s Office say they were called to the 1100 Block of Franklin Grove Road Thursday morning for a vehicle striking a tree. An 87-year-old ...Read more
PRINCETON – The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team made arrests to rail passengers for alleged drug possession in Bureau County. In two separate incidents, TRI-Dent, along with the Princeton Police Department, were investigating narcotics being transported from Chicago to ...Read more
STREATOR – The Streator Police have announced they have addressed complaints from residents regarding ATV/UTV use on city streets. Since April, they say they have issued six citations to the operators of the off-road vehicles. They noted that they have received 18 calls about the operation ...Read more
