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LASALLE – LaSalle’s city council approved a list of potential grant recipients for their Economic Support Program, on Monday. The program is made to provide financial assistance to businesses that have experienced significant disruption or temporary closure of their business

STREATOR – Applications are now available for students to apply for the Poco A Poco Music Festival in Streator. The 5th annual musical program founded by Streator-native Kate Tombaugh, is expected to take place online this year in june with the hope to offer additional hybrid options.

STREATOR – Applications are now available for students to apply for the Poco A Poco Music Festival in Streator. The 5th annual musical program founded by Streator-native Kate Tombaugh, is expected to take place online this year in June with the hope to offer additional hybrid options.

LASALLE – A local drug addiction foundation in LaSalle is raising concern over substances that could be circulating in the area. The Perfectly Flawed Foundation is spreading the word on New Emerging Psychoactive Substances that were recently discovered in drug-related death cases in Peoria

PONTIAC  – 77 residents of Livingston County have tested positive for COVID-19. One more resident has also died due to complications related to COVID-19. The individual was a male in his 40s. Livingston County Health Department officials were notified of the new COVID-19 cases and death

  HODGKINS, Ill. (AP) — Suburban Chicago police responding to a call of shots fired at a UPS facility found two people dead in an employee parking lot. In a statement, Hodgkins police say they received the report of shots fired shortly before 1 p.m. Monday. Spokesman Rodney Cummings said

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Director of Veterans Affairs is stepping down. Governor J.B. Pritzker announced the news on Monday that Linda Chapa LaVia will no longer serve as Director. LaVia says it has been an honor and privilege to serve veterans. Major General Peter Nezamis will serve as

PONTIAC – A man involved in an incident that occurred on Streator’s southside has been identified. 26-year-old Rene Dominic Lipumano Ramos is deceased as a result of a shooting near the area of 14th Street and Park at 2 p.m. on Friday. According to The Livingston County

OTTAWA- Five additional COVID-19 deaths along with 42 new cases were reported in LaSalle County Health Department’s coronavirus update on Monday. The fatalities include a male in his 70’s, a male in his 80’s, a female in her 80’s, and (2) females in their 90’s.  There have been a