The American Red Cross wants everyone to enjoy the season and offers safety tips you can follow all summer long while enjoying outdoors activities with family and friends. Before going in, on or around the water, every family member should become “water smart.” This starts with learning to be ...Read more
WAUCONDA, Ill. (AP) — A Civil War reenactment at a northeastern Illinois forest preserve is back on after the event was temporarily canceled by a county official over questions of its value, as well as the use of the Confederate flag. Lake County Forest Preserves District President Angelo Kyle ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office, Probation Office and LaSalle County State’s Attorney are seeking employment partners in a program to help offenders find local jobs. According to the Sheriff Thomas Templeton, the goal of the initiative is to reduce the risk of ...Read more
STREATOR – Streator received news from the Illinois Department of Transportation of a resurfacing project for Route 18. Earlier this week, Mayor Jimmie Lansford announced that Route 18 from 251 to the west end of Streator city limits will be re-milled and resurfaced this summer. No details ...Read more
STREATOR – Streator received news from the Illinois Department of Transportation of a resurfacing project for Route 18. Earlier this week, Mayor Jimmie Lansford announced that Route 18 from 251 to the west end of Streator city limits will be re-milled and resurfaced this summer. No details ...Read more
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have rested their case in the trial of a former University of Illinois student who could get the death penalty if convicted of killing a scholar from China. Brendt Christensen’s lawyers called his ex-wife as a witness Friday. Michelle Zortman told ...Read more
OTTAWA – An Oglesby man was charged with possession of child pornography Friday. According to the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office, just after 8 a.m., 32-year-old Timothy M. Stephens was arrested and charged with three counts of Possession of Child Pornography in the 100 block ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency plans to assess a plant property that left behind contaminants in the Village of DePue. The New Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical National Priorities List (NPL) Site includes a former primary and secondary zinc-smelting facility, ...Read more
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A motorist has died after slamming into an Illinois state police patrol car on Interstate 55 southwest of Chicago in Romeoville. Media outlets that the woman was driving south on I-55 when she lost control of her vehicle about 2 a.m. Friday in a construction zone, ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed an executive order intended to ensure an accurate 2020 Census count across the state. The order establishes a census office within the Illinois Department of Human Services to administer grant funding. A bipartisan advisory panel ...Read more
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