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CHICAGO – Governor Pritzker announced the Children’s Behavioral Health Transformation Initiative to evaluate and redesign the delivery of behavioral health services for children and adolescents in the State of Illinois. The Governor tasked the Initiative with building a coordinated,

OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College will be offering a Fundamentals of Fabrication class. It will be held 6 to 9 PM Thursdays, March 31 to May 5 at Illinois Valley Community College and Streator High School. The course is approved by a select group of manufacturers in Streator and

SPRINGFIELD – Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White has awarded more than $1.4 million in School District Library Grant Program awards to 672 public school districts. More than 1.5 million Illinois students served by school library programs will benefit from the grants. School

  UNDATED – Local county unemployment rates in LaSalle, Putnam, and Bureau counties increased at the start of the year. According to the Illinois Department of Employment Security, statewide unemployment remained at a steady 5%, however, LaSalle, Putnam, and Bureau counties increased

OTTAWA – The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team on Wednesday arrested an Ottawa man for the second time this year on drug and firearms charges. They say they obtained a search warrant for a home in the 1100 Block of 4H road in an ongoing investigation into narcotic sales. Arrested

In a move designed to further isolate Moscow’s economy in response to President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, the House passed a bill on Thursday that will suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus.  Biden is expected to sign the trade suspension measure into law when it

SYCAMORE – The Dekalb County Sheriff’s Office K9 Maverick has received a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from a non-profit organization. Maverick received his vest this week thanks to Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. K9 Maverick’s vest was sponsored by

  STREATOR – The city of Streator approved an agreement with their public service workers on Wednesday. According to City Manager Dave Plyman the new four-year agreement with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1592 includes a minimum 2.5%  cost of

  DEPUE – A 15-year-old DePue girl is asking for the public’s help in sending her and her family to the Wisconsin Dells. Serenity was born with thrombocytopenia, a condition that causes low blood platelet count, and was later diagnosed with B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.