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PERU – The City of Peru approved two $500 donations to proms for LP High School and St. Bede Academy. The city council approved these donations at Monday night’s meeting, explaining that they will write a check to St. Bede, as the school is asking for support. As parents’

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Police say lightning struck two men as a line of storms from the Gulf of Mexico moved onto Clearwater Beach. Thirty-seven-year-old Gacek Arkadiusz of Des Plaines, Illinois,  was unconscious and not breathing when police arrived Sunday afternoon. An officer began CPR

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois transportation officials are warning motorists to watch for damaged roads during intense heat. Transportation Secretary Omer Osman says one of the hottest weeks of the year means a higher likelihood of pavement failures. Illinois is sizzling with temperatures

By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A dairy owned by Illinois Republican congressional candidate Jim Oberweis has received a loan worth $5 million to $10 million from the federal rescue package aimed at helping small businesses weather the coronavirus pandemic. Treasury Department

VOLO, Ill. (AP) — The Volo Auto Museum says it has no plans to stop displaying a Dodge Charger from the “Dukes of Hazzard” television show with the Confederate flag painted atop the vehicle. The flag is increasingly viewed as a symbol of racism. NASCAR has banned it and it’s

DEKALB- One person has died and another was wounded after a shooting Saturday afternoon in DeKalb.   The DeKalb Police Department say that at approximately 1:50pm they were called to the 900 block of South Fourth Street in reference to a call that a person had been shot in the parking lot of a

PERU – Illinois Valley Community Hospital administered its 1,000th test for the novel coronavirus over the Independence Day weekend. Tommy Hobbs, IVCH chief executive officer, says there’s good news in knowing that small downstate hospitals such as IVCH haven’t been overrun with