OTTAWA – Most communities have winter and snow parking restrictions in place in order to get the streets back open after a snowstorm. Here are some of the area rules, but if you have specific questions you should contact your city for details at your address or business. Earlville
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LASALLE – The LaSalle Police Department say they need assistance looking for a woman who reportedly went missing on Thursday. Authorities say 23-year-old Taylor Dixon left her home in LaSalle with two unknown individuals and has not been seen since. She’s described as being blonde,
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OTTAWA – A late January winter storm is set to impact North Central Illinois, bringing with it heavy snow and gusty winds. The National Weather Service will be issuing a Winter Storm Warning for the area beginning Monday afternoon for the storm that potentially could bring up to 8″ of
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By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New President Joe Biden unveiled a bold immigration plan just days ago. And Democrats are already acknowledging that if anything emerges, it will likely be more modest. No. 2 Senate Democratic leader Dick Durbin of Illinois said the party may have
Continue Reading »SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security released the latest workforce statistics, and the state is still trailing behind the national average. Seasonally adjusted unemployment for December of 2020 was at 7.6%, well above the 6.7% national average. This is a slight
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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — A 36-year-old southern Illinois woman has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison in a medical hoax that tricked people who gave her money and other benefits. Sarah Delashmit of Highland pleaded guilty in October to multiple fraud charges after authorities
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By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois’ governor says COVID-19 vaccination will expand next week to the second tier of priority recipients. Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday that more than 616,000 first doses of the two-round vaccine have been
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OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department on Sunday announced a man in his 80’s had passed away from complications related to COVID-19. That brings the countywide total of deaths since the pandemic began to 254. They also reported 33 new infections and 26 new recoveries, bringing
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CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois has logged another 3,292 probable and confirmed COVID-19 infections and 40 deaths. The state’s Department of Public Health reported Sunday that the seven-day test positivity for Illinois has dropped to 6% . Overall, Illinois has reported more than 1.1 million cases
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KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has modified bail conditions for an 18-year-old Illinois teen charged with fatally shooting two people during a protest in southeastern Wisconsin. Kyle Rittenhouse was 17 at the time of the Aug. 25 shooting in Kenosha. He faces multiple counts and is free
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