SPRINGFIELD – The Federal REAL ID deadline has been extended to May of 2023 due to the ongoing pandemic, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Current Illinois driver’s licenses or ID cards will continue to be accepted at airports and secure federal facilities until ...Read more
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College biology instructor LeeAnn Johnson’s Principles of Biology lab students received hands-on experience examining real and replica skulls of primitive and modern man as well as primates. As the culmination of a unit on evolution, students ...Read more
PRINCETON – Three people from Indiana are dead after a crash on Interstate 80 in Bureau County on Thursday. The Illinois State Police say a car was traveling westbound near mile-marker 40 around 2:40 PM when for unknown reasons it struck the rear of a slowed or stopped tractor trailer. The ...Read more
PAW PAW – The Paw Paw Community Fire Protection District will be adding a new truck to replace an aging truck with engine problems. The 2021 tanker and pumper will use many of the existing equipment items from the old truck along with newer upgrades. They estimate the cost at around ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Announced a $225 million investment to expand access to fast COVID-19 testing to middle and high schools across the state at low or no cost. The covidSHIELD test, which was developed by the University of Illinois, is a saliva-based ...Read more
OHIO, IL – A Dixon man was seriously injured after a two-vehicle crash in rural Bureau County near the intersection of Maytown Road and Illinois Route 26. The Illinois State Police say on Tuesday afternoon 71-year-old Alan E. Delhotal was traveling southbound around 3 PM on Illinois Route ...Read more
PRINCETON – A scam involving unsolicited calls regarding Amazon purchases has been reported in Bureau County. Sheriff James Reed said this week that victims say they received a call from someone stating an Amazon purchase was made and their account was charged for something they ...Read more
AURORA – It has been a decade since Timmothy Pitzen vanished from Aurora, and The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children has created a new image showing what Timmothy might look like at age 16. Pitzen was six in May of 2011 when his mother picked him up from ...Read more
STERLING – A 24-year-old Sterling woman whom authorities feared may have been in danger and possibly was traveling with a man suspected in a murder case has been located. Sterling police say the woman spoke with detectives in person at the police department, and she was in “good ...Read more
PRINCETON – A bridge carrying a rural road over an interstate in Bureau County is being closed due to needing repair. On Monday the Illinois Department of Transportation announced that the 645 East Road bridge over I-80 north of Sheffield had failures on its deck and could not be safely ...Read more
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