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SPRING VALLEY – Spring Valley authorized an agreement with Ameren’s energy efficient program to install LED lights to city buildings. According to finance chairmen Mike Herrmann, the total cost of the project would be just over $ 13,000 but the expected energy saving should recoup

GALESBURG – Two California residents are in jail after allegedly transporting drugs on an Amtrak train Thursday.  According to the Knox County Sheriff’s Department they were notified of passengers acting suspicious on the California Zephyr at the Galesburg train station.  An

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Officials of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria say their counterparts in the Archdiocese of New York are trying to halt the transfer of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen’s remains to Illinois. Earlier this month, New York’s Court of Appeals rejected the archdiocese’s

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Tuesday is Crossing Guard Appreciation Day in Illinois. Gov. J.B. Pritzker proclaimed the commemoration for the men and women who help young people walk and bike to school safely. Officials say about 420 pedestrians aged 8 to 14 are injured in vehicle-relate accidents

CHICAGO (AP) — A local sheriff’s office wants to know if a suburban Chicago hospital violated state law by not immediately reporting that a woman who claimed to be the mother of a newborn had not given birth. The woman was later charged with strangling the baby’s mother and cutting

LASALLE- The LaSalle City Council discussed alternatives and suggestions regarding where the Pedicabs would be parked at Monday night’s meeting. However, since the owner was not present, no action was taken. Council members suggested possibly renting a parking space or designating an area for

CHICAGO (AP) — Officials say genetic material from Asian carp has been detected near Lake Michigan, but a follow-up search turned up none of the invasive fish. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service posted results last week from sampling conducted in the Chicago Area Waterway System in early

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — It’s “border to border” seat-belt enforcement for Illinois police agencies through Memorial Day. Officials from the Departments of Transportation and State Police joined more than 200 local law enforcement agencies in Monday’s announcement. The

SPRING VALLEY – Spring Valley’s city council approved hiring on a part time firemen and means of more revenue for the department. At Monday nights meeting, members of the fire department packed city hall to support the approval of a paid day time firemen’s position, that will be

LASALLE – LaSalle Peru High School will have a new principal next year. Christopher Jackson of San Bernardino California, comes with over 20 years of teaching as well as coaching and athletic director experience.   Jackson earned his degree in mathematics at California State University