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MENDOTA – OSF HealthCare Saint Paul and Saint Elizabeth Medical Center will be accepting non-working Christmas lights this year to reduce landfill waste. Eagle Recycling in Galva partnered to accept the lights which can be stripped down to raw materials and can be reused to make new

STREATOR – The Streator Ministerial Association will be hosting their annual Thanksgiving Luncheon this Thursday. Deliveries will be offered starting at 11 a.m., carry-outs at 11:30 and 1:30 p.m. and a dine-in at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at 12:30 p.m. Coordinator Marianne Morris

CHICAGO –  Americans hitting the road for the Thanksgiving holiday will find gas prices similar, if not cheaper, than last year’s. According American Automobile Association Spokesperson Jeanette Casselano, during Thanksgiving week last year the national gas price average decreased a

LASALLE – One person was airlifted and another rushed by ambulance to local area hospitals after the vehicle they were in fell off the I-39 overpass in LaSalle on Monday. According to initial reports, just before noon, the Utica and LaSalle emergency crews were called to westbound I-80 for

STREATOR – The victims of the fire on Sunday that took the lives of two people have been identified.  The LaSalle County Coroner’s Office says that 67-year-old Lois J. Green and 27-year-old Christian Green were found after the fire started in the 1000 block of East Wilson Street. 

STREATOR – Registration starts today for the Streator Chamber of Commerce’s Holiday Lighting and Decorating Contest. There is no cost to enter but you must reside or have a business in the Streator corporate limits to be nominated. The contest will have four divisions: most creative,

STREATOR – Spring Street will be reconstructed in the springtime as part of the city’s five year road plans. City Engineer Jeremy Palm says there will be a complete overlay and reconstruction of Spring Street from Bloomington to the east end of Spring Street next year through a block

MARENGO, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say two people have been charged with animal cruelty after two horses were found dead and five others severely malnourished in northern Illinois. McHenry County Animal Control officers were verifying vaccine records at dog a breeding operation in Marengo when

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois man has been awarded the Purple Heart and other military honors for his role in combat during the Iraq War. The (Peoria) Journal Star reports that Sergeant Matthew Bohm also received the Army Commendation Medal with Valor, the combat action badge and the

CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say the body of a missing University of Illinois at Chicago student has been found in a car inside campus parking garage. The Cook County medical examiner identified the woman found Saturday as 19-year-old Ruth George of Berwyn. An autopsy was scheduled for