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BEARDSTOWN, Ill. (AP) — The body of a boy, one of two who went missing late Thursday, has been pulled by the Illinois River at Beardstown. Authorities say searchers recovered the identified boy early Friday near a railroad bridge in the central Illinois city. The location is where the boys,

CHICAGO (AP) — The variety of fish swimming in Chicago’s waterways have increased in recent decades, which authorities attribute to a decline in pollution. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District reports there are nearly 60 different types of fish swimming in the Chicago and Calumet

OTTAWA –  Illinois Valley Community College’s Continuing Education Center will be offering a Food Service Sanitation course face-to-face from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Aug. 18-27 at the Ottawa Center in Ottawa.  The course assists the manager or potential manager in

  OTTAWA – OSF HealthCare Saint Elizabeth Medical Center has been named to Newsweek magazine’s 2020 list of Best Maternity Care Hospitals. The distinction recognizes facilities that have excelled in providing care to mothers, newborns, and their families as verified by the 2019

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois barbershop that became the target of protests by racial justice activists has closed. The News-Gazette in Champaign reports Michael Long, the owner of Rogue Barber Co. in Champaign, announced in a now-deleted Facebook posting that the business was a

DIXON – A man suspected of crashing his car into a Lee County Sheriff’s Deputy vehicle and fleeing on foot has not been captured.   The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is on the lookout for 34-year-old Donald E. Powell who was last seen around Dixon.  Sheriff John Simonton stated they