Justice Stephen Breyer will step down from the Supreme Court at the end of the current term. Breyer is one of the three remaining liberal justices, and his decision to retire after more than 27 years will allow President Biden to appoint a successor who could maintain the current 6-3 split ...Read more
One body has been recovered as a search continued Wednesday for 38 other passengers on a boat that capsized in the northern Straits of Florida. The boat, carrying 40 people, left the Bahamas in a suspected human smuggling attempt, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Officials say that a man was found ...Read more
LOCAL STREATOR – Streator High School’s District Board has selected its next superintendent. Scott Cameron formerly the superintendent of the Pawnee School District will take on the role come July. According to Streator High School Board President Steve Biroshik, Cameron will ...Read more
Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Tuesday that they have begun a clinical trial to evaluate a new, omicron-specific vaccine for COVID-19. People who are vaccinated and boosted appear to be better protected against severe disease and hospitalization from omicron, but the highly contagious variant ...Read more
NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell announced Tuesday that NYPD officer Wilbert Mora, who was shot while responding to a domestic call in Harlem last Friday, has died from his injuries. Mora was 27 years old. Commissioner Sewell said: “It’s with great sadness I announce the passing of ...Read more
MENDOTA – Six men were killed and a half dozen more injured on this date 127 years ago in a boiler explosion in north central Illinois. The C. Henning & Sons Brewery located on Jefferson Street in Mendota was the scene of a tremendous blast that leveled most of the five story building. ...Read more
PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department is asking residents to donate blood as the American Red Cross has declared a “national blood crisis”. According to the Red Cross, they are experiencing the worst blood shortage in over a decade, causing concern for ...Read more
DIXON – The Lee County Sheriff sang high praises for those involved in saving a child’s life last December. On December 22nd in Harmon, Illinois, Lee County Deputies were called to a home for a three-year-old boy who was reported missing. Deputies, along with the Lee County Search and ...Read more
The stock market recovered from big early losses on Monday after investors jumped in before the closing bell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average swung 1,217 points and closed up 0.3% after dropping 1,000 points as investors worried over possible conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and anticipated ...Read more
The Pentagon announced Monday it has put up to 8,500 U.S. troops on heightened alert to deploy to Eastern Europe amid escalating tensions over Russia’s build-up of troops on its border with Ukraine. Defense Department press secretary John Kirby told reporters that “prepare to deploy ...Read more
