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SPRINGFIELD –  Governor JB Pritzker officially requested a federal disaster declaration for Illinois due to devastating floods since February.  In his request, Governor Pritzker requested Individual Assistance for 22 counties and Public Assistance for 32 counties, including LaSalle. If

  WASHINGTON (AP) — E-cigarette giant Juul Labs is facing mounting scrutiny from state law enforcement officials, with the attorneys general in Illinois and the District of Columbia investigating how the company’s blockbuster vaping device became so popular with underage teens, The

  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois has awarded its first licenses to businesses that will be allowed to sell recreational marijuana when it becomes legal in the state next year. The Chicago Sun-Times reports regulators announced Thursday the five medical marijuana dispensaries where

STREATOR – A driver was lifeflighted to a Peoria hospital after a 3 vehicle crash in LaSalle County.  The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office says around 9 am Thursday, two pickups and a semi were involved in an accident on Illinois 18 about 5 miles east of Streator.  Deputies say one

CHICAGO – The national gas price is the cheapest Labor Day weekend average in three years, and local gas prices have dropped appreciably. According to the American Automobile Association, those who bookend Labor Day weekend road trips can find gas prices that are cheaper than this past

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has a hairline fracture on his left thighbone and a doctor has ordered rest for four to six weeks. The Democrat’s office said Thursday that Pritzker doesn’t know how the injury occurred. It was not a recent injury. But pain in his knee

  OGLESBY – Parkman’s Plain Parking Lot at Starved Rock State Park is now open. Visitors to Starved Rock State Park can now enjoy an updated parking lot at Parkman’s Plain or LaSalle Canyon along route 71 on the eastern edge of the park. According to IDNR Coordinator Lisa

UNDATED – No injuries were reported after a wrong way driver crashed his vehicle into a Woodford County Sheriff Deputy’s vehicle on Thursday morning. According to the Woodford County Sheriff’s Department, at 4 a.m. they received calls of a wrong way driver on I-39, reported to

  OTTAWA – A woman is in custody after a residential burglary in Ottawa on Monday. According to the Ottawa Police Department at 7:30 p.m. they were called to the 200 block of Cactus Street for a report of residential burglary where medication was reportedly taken. After further

CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett’s PR team says “every iota” of his account of being the victim of a racist, anti-gay attack in Chicago is supported by police evidence despite police repeatedly saying it was all staged. A statement emailed Wednesday follows a city filing Monday