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OGLESBY – The Illinois Valley Community College monthly board meeting was extended by over an hour as members of the community spoke out about questions that were on an exam given to some students this past spring. A number of area residents shared how they felt questions were politically

LASALLE – The Illinois Valley Food Pantry will fully re-open to clients and the public beginning on Monday. Due to limitations during the pandemic, access to the facility had been limited to staff and volunteers. Pantry Executive Director Mary Jo Credi noted they will be following safe

    SPRINGFIELD –  The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) announced today that three additional FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) teams arrived in Illinois this week—bringing the total to 11 teams across the state—to distribute information about COVID-19

PRINCETON – The identity of the man killed who was driving a motorcycle in a two vehicle crash east of Princeton on Tuesday was released by the Bureau County Sheriff’s Office. They say that 60-year-old Scott J. Briddick of Princeton was killed after the crash on US Route 6 from a

MORRIS – A 25-year-old Joliet man was killed after a crash on I-80 Wednesday morning in Grundy County. Authorities say Devon J. Wade was traveling westbound driving a motorcycle when a semi-tractor trailer reportedly came in front of the cycle causing Wade to lose control. The Grundy County

PRINCETON – A 60-year-old Princeton man is dead after a two vehicle crash Tuesday. The Bureau County Sheriff’s Office reported they were called to US Route 6 east of Princeton around 2:30 PM for a car versus motorcycle collision. They say a 19-year-old from Princeton was driving an

  SPRINGFIELD – Illinois will begin cracking down on motorists who do not carry insurance with random checks done electronically twice a year. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White said the program requires insurance companies to work in conjunction with his office to confirm