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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago officials are cautioning city residents about travel to Wisconsin, citing a recent COVID-19 spike in Illinois’ neighbor to the north. The Chicago Department of Public Health stopped short Tuesday of adding Wisconsin to its travel advisory list. There are more than a

STREATOR – A number of burglaries and stolen vehicle reports were taken by Streator Police on Monday.  Two different parked vehicles at locations along Bloomington Street reportedly had their windows broken and items taken from them over the last couple of days.  A change machine in a

PEKIN, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Environmental Agency has removed more than 220 tons of used tires from an abandoned auto salvage site in Tazewell County. Officials said the operation took more than six weeks because of the amount of material dispersed over a 10-acre area. It’s the site of

GALESBURG – The Illinois State Police are still investigating the death of a Rochelle man found dead in Knox County in 2018.  Authorities say Tyler L. Smith, a 23-year-old Western Illinois University graduate and a member of the Army National Guard, was downtown in Galesburg with friends

OTTAWA – Ottawa will have a driver services facility again starting today.  Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced that the new location  at 4111 Progress Dr. in Ottawa will now be open.   The previous DMV office closed in October of 2019.   The new building, which has been

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal officials say about 500,000 counterfeit N95 respirator masks have been seized in Chicago by Customs and Border Protection officers. The agency says the shipment of masks from China were seized Sept. 10 at O’Hare International Airport. Officials say the shipment was

STREATOR – The Streator Police Department say another car wash in the community has been damaged by an unknown person.  On Sunday they were called to the 600 block of East Hickory, where the owner reported that a security gate, entry door and locks were damaged.    Last week, two