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  UTICA – The Village of Utica is planning to add more walkway downtown and make other upgrades through the Illinois Department of Transportation’s ITEP Grant. Trustees authorized the commitment of 20% of funds for the up to $3 million dollar grant. If awarded, the village plans

  OTTAWA – The Reddick Mansion Association will be allowing students from area schools to use its grounds and select interior rooms for 2022 Homecoming photos. The grounds will be open from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 17th for Marquette Academy and on Saturday,

On the 60th anniversary of one of former President John F. Kennedy’s most famous speeches, President Joe Biden called to “end cancer as we know it and cure cancers once and for all.” Biden delivered his speech on Monday at the John F. Kennedy Library in Massachusetts to

SPRINGFIELD – The latest USDA crop progress report shows corn and soybeans across the state are in better shape than they were a year ago. Over 70% of the two main crops across the state were surveyed to be in Good to Excellent condition, ahead of the findings from mid-September of 2021.

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is once again calling on drivers to “move over” when approaching a stopped emergency vehicle or any stopped vehicle displaying flashing lights. The Move Over Law, also known as Scott’s Law, is designed to protect law

HINCKLEY – A Big Rock man is dead after a single vehicle crash in DeKalb County. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office say they were called to the 17000 block of Jericho Road near Hinckley Sunday morning after a truck was found crashed around 10 AM. The driver, 28-year-old  David C. Beane

MENDOTA – The Mendota Police have been following up on leads related to the alleged removal of a storage shed in August. A truck and trailer was seen on multiple surveillance cameras hauling away an 8′ x 16′ wooden structure from the 1000 block of 6th Avenue in Mendota.

Authorities in California have arrested the man accused of killing an 8-year-old girl whose body was found in his home six months ago. After a months-long search and an investigation involving the Department of Justice’s Special Operations Unit, police arrested Dhante Jackson in Newark,

Officials confirm that one person died and multiple people were injured after a motorboat flipped over in Grand Canyon National Park. According to the park’s Twitter account, the incident took place at Bedrock Rapid on the Colorado River at 2:12 p.m. Saturday.  Emergency personnel were

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Health released data that shows that widely available COVID-19 treatments have helped to avert approximately 8,600 hospitalizations in the last four months. The announcement comes as 68 counties in Illinois are at an elevated level for COVID-19 and