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SPRINGFIELD —Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director John Kim announced grant awards to assist area communities that lack or need improvement to sewage and wastewater collection infrastructure. Cherry, Compton, Leland, Rutland, Standard and Streator each were awarded $30,000, while

SPRINGFIELD – After a new set of rules were released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Governor J.B. Pritzker lifted portions of the state’s mask mandate for those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Many of the rules were put into place to control the spread

CEDAR POINT – A fire truck that previously belonged to a small community in western New York State will soon be in service in a village in LaSalle County.   The Cedar Point Fire Department announced this week that Chief Haeffner, Assistant Chief Ballerini and Captain Margis traveled to

UTICA – A perfect place to pop the question may be Starved Rock State Park, but officials ask that you follow the park rules regarding littering no matter what the occasion. Over the weekend park authorities posted on social media what they suspect was silk flower petals strewn about the

SPRINGFIELD – The Federal REAL ID deadline has been extended to May of 2023 due to the ongoing pandemic, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Current Illinois driver’s licenses or ID cards will continue to be accepted at airports and secure federal facilities until

OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College biology instructor LeeAnn Johnson’s Principles of Biology lab students received hands-on experience examining real and replica skulls of primitive and modern man as well as primates.  As the culmination of a unit on evolution, students

PRINCETON – Three people from Indiana are dead after a crash on Interstate 80 in Bureau County on Thursday. The Illinois State Police say a car was traveling westbound near mile-marker 40 around 2:40 PM when for unknown reasons it struck the rear of a slowed or stopped tractor trailer. The