PRINCETON – Two men are facing multiple charges after the Tri County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team conducted a buy/bust operation in Princeton. According to authorities, on Wednesday, 36-year-old Phillip P. Castelli of Tiskilwa and Paul C. Hayden of Princeton were arrested as a result of ...Read more
PERU – Through Friday October 18th, The Peru City Cemetery will be closed to the public for road repaving. The city says accommodations will be made for a funeral on Friday. ...Read more
WEDRON – The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office is seeking assistance in identifying a male individual who was allegedly involved in a residential burglary in rural Wedron on Wednesday. In the surveillance video provided to the sheriff’s office, the suspect can be seen walking ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The estate of the 5-year-old northern Illinois boy who was beaten to death and buried in a shallow grave this year has filed a lawsuit contending that two state child welfare workers ignored clear signs that the boy was being abused months before his death. The federal ...Read more
STREATOR – Streator High School is asking teachers how they feel about an academic schedule change. According to Principal Amy Jo Mascal, the Schedule Support Committee has been working for over a year to study three different forms of academic scheduling for students to better prepare ...Read more
MENDOTA- Teachers gathered outside the three District 289 schools in Mendota Wednesday morning and held up signs on the first day of the strike. A notice sent to parents Wednesday afternoon stated that no classes would be held through Friday. There has not been any publication of a time when ...Read more
MENDOTA – Mendota High School provides transportation to all of the preschool to grade 12 students within the Mendota Township High School district. Due to the teacher strike, MHS and Holy Cross students will transfer buses at alternate sites. Regular bus ...Read more
OTTAWA – The city of Ottawa has already voted to collect a 3% tax on recreation cannabis, however some residents have expressed their objection to allowing the sale of cannabis in the city. Residents spoke at Monday night’s meeting about banning the drug, saying that they felt cannabis ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration says it won’t sell state-owned land in a Chicago suburb to further development of a proposed combined race track and casino. In a Tuesday letter, administration officials told Tinley Park leaders they’re no longer ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker and first lady M.K. Pritzker reported $6.2 million in income last year and paid $216,000 in Illinois taxes. The Democratic governor and his wife released partial federal and state income tax returns Tuesday. The hotel chain heir and philanthropist is ...Read more
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