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MENDOTA – The next big public artwork display in Mendota reached an important milestone, with over half of the funding already raised for the half sized replica of an important building in the city’s history.   Michelle Wade spoke Tuesday night, giving an update to the community and

At least one person was killed and another was injured in a shooting at a Fred Meyer grocery store in Washington on Monday afternoon. The suspect, identified by police as Aaron Christopher Kelly, 39, was taken into custody late Monday in connection with the shooting at the Fred Meyer store in

MENDOTA – New stop signs will be coming to an intersection in Mendota after a traffic study.   The Mendota City Council on Monday night voted to approve the traffic control devices in the 1200 block of Jefferson St.   The new four way stop at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and

OGLESBY – The Illinois Valley Leads Group and Foundation have established a second scholarship at Illinois Valley Community College. The annual “IV Leads Scholarship for the Trades” is open to students age 22 to 40 in Career and Technical Education programs such as Automotive

CHICAGO – According to state officials, thousands of Illinois residents missed out on the federal Earned Income Tax Credit and State Earned Tax Credit in 2020. To be eligible for EITC, taxpayers must meet certain income and residency qualifications and file a tax return, even if they do not

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Police, in cooperation with the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Chicago Department of Transportation, completed phase one of the Automated License Plate Reader project by installing 99 license plate reading cameras on the Dan Ryan Expressway.

STREATOR – Beginning today masks are optional for students at Streator High School. At a special meeting on Monday night, the Streator High School Board voted in favor of a Sangamon County Judge’s ruling against school mask mandates. The decision made by Judge Rylene Grischow last week

Police in Texas confirmed that a shooting spree in Corsicana, Texas killed four people (including a child), and injured three others before the gunman took his own life. Officers said the gunman was responsible for two homicides each, at two different scenes, along with injuring three

Eighteen people were rescued Sunday afternoon from an ice floe that broke away from land near Catawba Island on Lake Erie in northwest Ohio.  According to the U.S Coast Guard, the ice floe broke away from land while people were snowmobiling and riding ATVs on the lake just after 12 p.m. The

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health is preparing to make COVID-19 vaccine available to those ages 6 months through 4 years after Pfizer-BioNTech submitted data to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration asking to amend its emergency use authorization to allow children younger