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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Labor’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health is joining the American Ladder Institute in its national initiative acknowledging ladder safety at home and at work. The American Ladder Institute promotes the safe use of ladders by defining standards

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Labor’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health is joining the American Ladder Institute in its national initiative acknowledging ladder safety at home and at work. The American Ladder Institute promotes the safe use of ladders by defining standards

  PEORIA – Nearly $66 million in funding is on its way to improving access to health care for people across many communities in central and northern Illinois living at lower income levels, according to OSF HealthCare. The Illinois Department of Health and Family Services is providing

OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Bar Association will be sponsoring two $500 scholarships for high school graduates. Applications can be obtained on the LaSalle County Bar Association website, lasallecountybar.org, and must be submitted by April 18th. A committee of the Bar Association will

OTTAWA – Utility line disconnection and other work will cause a street in Ottawa to be closed Saturday in Ottawa. The city announced that the 800 Block of Chestnut Street between Jefferson and Jackson will be closed to thru traffic beginning 7 AM Saturday. The project is expected to be

CHICAGO – Governor Pritzker announced the Children’s Behavioral Health Transformation Initiative to evaluate and redesign the delivery of behavioral health services for children and adolescents in the State of Illinois. The Governor tasked the Initiative with building a coordinated,

OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College will be offering a Fundamentals of Fabrication class. It will be held 6 to 9 PM Thursdays, March 31 to May 5 at Illinois Valley Community College and Streator High School. The course is approved by a select group of manufacturers in Streator and

SPRINGFIELD – Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White has awarded more than $1.4 million in School District Library Grant Program awards to 672 public school districts. More than 1.5 million Illinois students served by school library programs will benefit from the grants. School

  UNDATED – Local county unemployment rates in LaSalle, Putnam, and Bureau counties increased at the start of the year. According to the Illinois Department of Employment Security, statewide unemployment remained at a steady 5%, however, LaSalle, Putnam, and Bureau counties increased

OTTAWA – The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team on Wednesday arrested an Ottawa man for the second time this year on drug and firearms charges. They say they obtained a search warrant for a home in the 1100 Block of 4H road in an ongoing investigation into narcotic sales. Arrested