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STREATOR – Streator High School is asking teachers how they feel about an academic schedule change. According to Principal Amy Jo Mascal, the Schedule Support Committee has been working for over a year to study three different forms of academic scheduling for students to better prepare

MENDOTA- Teachers gathered outside the three District 289 schools in Mendota Wednesday morning and held up signs on the first day of the strike.  A notice sent to parents Wednesday afternoon stated that no classes would be held through Friday.  There has not been any publication of a time when

MENDOTA – Mendota High School provides transportation to all of the preschool to grade 12 students within the Mendota Township High School district. Due to the teacher strike, MHS and Holy Cross students will transfer buses at alternate sites.           Regular bus

OTTAWA – The city of Ottawa has already voted to collect a 3% tax on recreation cannabis, however some residents have expressed their objection to allowing the sale of cannabis in the city. Residents spoke at Monday night’s meeting about banning the drug, saying that they felt cannabis

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration says it won’t sell state-owned land in a Chicago suburb to further development of a proposed combined race track and casino. In a Tuesday letter, administration officials told Tinley Park leaders they’re no longer

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker and first lady M.K. Pritzker reported $6.2 million in income last year and paid $216,000 in Illinois taxes. The Democratic governor and his wife released partial federal and state income tax returns Tuesday. The hotel chain heir and philanthropist is

MENDOTA- The teachers union and  District 289 failed to reach an agreement on Tuesday evening after a seven hour long negotiation that lasted until after midnight.  Parents were being notified that school will not be in session on Wednesday morning for the elementary and middle schools in

SPRING VALLEY – A Tuesday afternoon combine fire in Bureau County was quickly extinguished.   According to the Spring Valley Fire Department they were called to 3450 E County Road for a field and equipment fire.   They found upon arrival light smoke in the rear of the harvester and a

MORRIS – A Grundy County Sheriff’s squad car was reportedly stolen Monday after a burglary.   The Morris Police Department say that they are investigating a purported residential burglary around 4AM at the residence of a deputy where several items, including a firearm, were taken.   The

  KERNAN – Begining Wednesday, County Highway 15 grade crossing over the BSF in Kernan will be closed from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for railroad maintenance. Motorists are advised to use alternate routes around the site. Detours will not be posted.