Local Headlines

  PERU – North America’s largest roofing manufacturer will be building a facility in North Central Illinois. It was announced on Thursday that GAF, will build an $80 million, 450,000 sq. foot roofing plant in Peru just north of I-80 and west of Plant Road on the OmniTrax rail

  OTTAWA  – Bridges carrying I-80 over the Illinois Railway in Ottawa, will be closed for painting, weather permitting on Monday. The bridges are 2 miles east of the Illinois 23 interchange, exit 90. One lane eastbound will be closed during the project, which is expected to be

MORRIS – A Grundy County veterans group was the victim of theft during a donations collection event outside a retailer in Morris. The Morris Police Department say they were called on Thursday afternoon to a retailer in the 300 block of US Route 6 for a theft in progress. Authorities say a

Ivana Trump, the ex-wife of former President Donald Trump, died on Thursday, her family announced. She was 73 years old.  New York City officials confirmed that authorities responded to a 911 call at Trump’s Upper East Side home around 12:40 p.m. Thursday afternoon, where she was found

STREATOR – A fun color run event originally scheduled for June in Streator has been moved to August 6th. The run is for kids age 5-14 and will be raising money for an area non-profit. Safe Journeys supports survivors of domestic and sexual violence, along with those that are affected by the

SPRINGFIELD- The Illinois Department of Human Services/Division of Mental Health plans to launch 9-8-8, a national three digit dialing code for a mental health lifeline. On July 16th, individuals experiencing a crisis or any other kind of emotional distress, whether that is related to suicide,

    LASALLE – The city of LaSalle is seeking a new economic development director. Leah Inman, who began the position in 2020, will be stepping down this summer. City officials say Inman was instrumental in a number of projects including the installation of EV charging units and

LADD – A new sculpture is now gracing main street in Ladd, an eight foot tall chicken. The art installation, which was installed Wednesday, came from an artist in Southern Illinois. The Village of Ladd will be running a promotion four times a year asking visitors to take their picture with