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    STREATOR – The Streator Police Department joined law enforcement officers from six states on Wednesday in this year’s NHTSA Region 5 high visibility Speed Awareness Day enforcement campaign. The Streator Police Department Officers issued a total of 13 citations during the

According to a news release from the National Park Service, a 7-year-old girl was killed after a tree fell on her tent while she and her family slept in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  Park rangers responded to an emergency in the Elkmont Campground at around 12:30 a.m. on July 27

On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a $280 billion bill to provide incentives for production of semiconductors and other investments in science and technology. The House passed ‘The Chips and Science Act’  by a vote of 243-187.  The bill passed the Senate on

  OTTAWA – Construction is underway on the bridges carrying Interstate-39 over Tomahawk Creek in LaSalle County. The Illinois Department of Transportation says the work zone is three miles north of I-80. Work consists of concrete removal and replacement, expansion joint replacement,

  STREATOR – The Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $948,000 grant to the city of Streator, Illinois, to renovate the Streator Incubator building. This grant will allow for structural, HVAC and technology upgrades, as well as the

  STREATOR – The Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $948,000 grant to the city of Streator, Illinois, to renovate the Streator Incubator building. This grant will allow for structural, HVAC and technology upgrades, as well as the

The suspect accused of the mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Ill., which killed seven people and injured dozens of others, has been indicted on 117 counts. Prosecutors announced Wednesday that the suspect, Robert Crimo III, faces 21 counts of first-degree murder, which

Actor Tony Dow, who played Wally Cleaver on the long-running 1950s sitcom “Leave It to Beaver,” died Wednesday morning at the age of 77 due to complications from liver cancer. Dow’s death was officially announced on the actor’s official Facebook page, and confirmed by his son and

  LASALLE – Ameren is hosting an open house for community members to learn more about a proposed energy reliability project. Ameren’s LaSalle LINK Project is a proposal to improve energy reliability for LaSalle County residents by constructing a new 138Kv transmission line from