OGLESBY – Recent Illinois Valley Community College graduates Alex Newman of Oglesby and Dylan Zupec of Granville will attend Northern Illinois University next fall on full-tuition scholarships from William and Dian Taylor of Winnetka. Newman won the Taylor’s accountancy scholarship ...Read more
PRINCETON – OSF HealthCare Saint Clare Medical Center has recognized their 2022 DAISY Award winner, Lorena Jaramillo, RN, of DePue. Lorena is a registered nurse in the Inpatient Unit. She was recognized for the extraordinary compassion, empathy and kindness she shared with a patient and her ...Read more
OGLESBY – The Illinois Valley Community College Truck Driver Training program has reached a new milestone. Alec Sramek of Streator passed his driving test with the Illinois Department of Motor Vehicles and became the 2,000th graduate of the program. He is already working for U.S. Foods and ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced that the unemployment rate was unchanged in the state at 4.6 percent, while nonfarm payrolls increased by 12,800 in May, based on preliminary data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The state’s unemployment ...Read more
LASALLE – A campaign to provide food for children across North Central Illinois by the Illinois Valley Food Pantry and Schweickert Ganassin Krzak Rundio injury attorneys is off to a great start. Continuing through the end of August, they are collecting breakfast and lunch items ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A former Chicago police officer captured on video struggling with a woman who was walking her dog along a Lake Michigan beach has pleaded not guilty to charges of official misconduct and aggravated battery. Officer Bruce Dyker was released on his own recognizance by a Cook County ...Read more
On Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 741.46 points, or 2.42%, while the S&P 500 fell 3.25% and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 4.08% as Wall Street was hit hard just one day after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.75% in an effort to control inflation. The Federal ...Read more
Abbott Nutrition was forced to pause production of baby formula at a Michigan manufacturing facility due to severe weather in the area that brought high winds, hail and power failures to where the factory is located in Sturgis, Michigan. The company expects production and distribution to be ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD —The Illinois Department of Public Health announced a renewed agreement with SHIELD Illinois that offers every public school the opportunity to use the University of Illinois System’s innovative, saliva-based COVID-19 testing platform at no cost for the 2022-23 school year. ...Read more
UTICA – The massive fire that leveled seven of Grand Bear Resort’s buildings on Memorial Day was caused by an unattended grill. According to Utica Fire Chief Ben Brown, the Office of the State Fire Marshal has concluded its investigation on the fire at the Grand Bear ...Read more
