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WAVERLY, IL (AP) – A nonprofit teacher-training program is using a $750,000 addition to the state budget to speed up certification to address a rampant teacher shortage. Golden Apple is recruiting college students not studying education and professionals with bachelor’s degrees

CHICAGO (AP) – Officials say the Illinois Republican Party is ramping up efforts to make voters aware that an anti-Semitic activist and Holocaust denier who won the GOP nomination in 2018 is once again a candidate for the U.S. Congress. Several people told the Chicago Sun-Times that Arthur

SPRINGFIELD (AP) – A man and woman from Alabama were charged Saturday with killing three people in southwest Illinois, authorities said. Brady Witcher, 41, and Brittany McMillan,28, face nine counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Shari Yates, 59, and her 30-year-old son,

CHICAGO (AP) – Police say a shooting at a house party in Chicago has wounded 13 people, four of them critically. Authorities say the shooting early Sunday stemmed from a dispute at a house party that was being given in memorial of someone who was killed in April. Shots were first fired just

STREATOR – Three individuals have been arrested this week as part of a several month investigation into alleged crack-cocaine sales in Streator. According to the Tri County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team, 32-year-old Dwayne Daniels of Chicago, 54-year-old Sandy A. Gullens of Streator and

BETHALTO (AP) – Police found the bodies of three people in an Illinois house after two fugitives wanted in Alabama and Tennessee were captured in the St. Louis area. Police in Bethalto, Illinois, found the victims Thursday night after being contacted by investigators in Hazelwood,

LASALLE – If you’re looking for some holiday cheer this weekend, the 5th Annual Tuba Christmas in the Illinois Valley invites you to an afternoon of caroling. The heavy metal concert at Celebrations 150 in LaSalle on Sunday, will feature 50 tuba and baritone players with guest

  CHICAGO – Local and statewide gas prices are some of the cheapest gas prices of year, according to AAA. However, motorists are paying 15-20 cents more than they did last December. In LaSalle County, gas prices average at $2.49 per gallon, 8 cents cheaper than last month. Putnam

OTTAWA – Volunteers at OSF HealthCare Saint Elizabeth Medical Center and Center for Health in Streator were honored  for their exceptional service. 317 volunteers contributed over 32,000 hours of service this past year, an amount that equals 15 full-time employees. Volunteers ranged from

STREATOR – Streator Township High School is seeking funding for their 2020 projects. The high school board announced they will be submitting an application to receive a school maintenance grant from the Illinois Board of Education. The matching $50,000 grant would support summer 2020 work