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  STREATOR – Streator’s Elementary School District is no longer on the state’s financial watch list. According to Superintendent Lisa Parker, the Illinois State Board of Education voted last week to remove Streator Elementary School District #44 off of their list of

  STREATOR – Streator’s Elementary School District is no longer on the state’s financial watch list. According to Superintendent Dr. Lisa Parker, the Illinois State Board of Education voted last week to remove Streator Elementary School District #44 off of their list of

CHICAGO (AP) — Five Illinois residents have joined the ranks of young people nationwide to sue the makers of e-cigarettes that allege the companies’ marketing tactics targeted them when they were minors. The Chicago Tribune reports the plaintiffs are suing in federal court top

  OTTAWA – A Cook County woman involved in an alleged pursuit that resulted in deploying stock sticks has been arrested along Interstate-80 on Friday. According to the Ottawa Police Department, an officer witnessed 61-year-old Anita Humphrey of Chicago Heights attempting to pass an

OTTAWA – A Cook County woman involved in an alleged pursuit that resulted in deploying stop sticks has been arrested along Interstate-80 on Friday. According to the Ottawa Police Department, an officer witnessed 61-year-old Anita Humphrey of Chicago Heights attempting to pass an alleged

MARK – A tractor-trailer hauling grain overturned Monday morning after a crash but no serious injures were reported.  According to the Illinois State Police around 7 AM they were called to Illinois Route 71 at Mennie Lane in Mark for a two vehicle collision between a car driven by a

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois has issued about 300,000 state driver’s licenses that are compliant with a 2005 law aimed at strengthening rules for identification at airports and federal facilities. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports that after long delays, the Illinois

DIXON, Ill. (AP) — Ronald Reagan’s boyhood home may have to close its doors due to financial woes. The Ronald Reagan’s Boyhood Home and Visitor’s Center seeks donations to stay afloat, according to a WREX-TV report. “Probably a year or two at the very, very most,”

CHICAGO (AP) — A man suspected of shooting and wounding a Chicago police officer on Saturday and of being the bicyclist who shot a woman in broad daylight near downtown days earlier has been captured, police said. Officials announced at a press conference that Michael Blackman, 45, was

STERLING, Ill. (AP) — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death of a 46-year-old Illinois man who was found earlier this week at a steel company after likely falling from a silo taller than 60 feet. Sauk Valley Media reports that David Hanna was found dead