UNDATED – Today marks the start of Overdose Awareness Week and local organizations are getting together to be a beacon of hope after a tough year. The Centers for Disease Control data has shown a 30% increase in overdose deaths nationwide between 2019 and 2020 and LaSalle County
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WASHINGTON DC – An area Congressman has written a letter to the Biden administration, trying to make the case to save two area nuclear power generation stations. Exelon announced last year that they will be closing the nuclear plants in Morris and Byron in fall of 2021. They claim shutting
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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White has announced the 2021 Illinois Public Library Capita and Equalization Grants, awarding over $18 million to libraries statewide. The funding is authorized under Illinois library law for public libraries, which allows
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LASALLE – LaSalle city officials are beginning to crack down on offenders at the yard waste site. According to officials, it is the non-residents who dump items like mattresses and car parts at the site designated for yard waste only. Officials discussed fining $100 to out-of-towners and
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OTTAWA – Two deputies are moving up the ranks in the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office. On Monday LaSalle County Sheriff Adam Diss announced that Jason Martin has been promoted to Undersheriff, a position Diss held until being appointed Sheriff in July. David Ortiz was also promoted
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UTICA – Today is the 29th anniversary of one of the most infamous crimes the area has seen, and State Police and the FBI are still looking for new information. 21 year old Tammy Zywicki, a college student from New Jersey heading to her college in Grinnell, Iowa, was last seen with her car
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STREATOR – Parts of a home in Streator was heavily damaged after a fire Sunday afternoon. The Streator Fire Department were called to the 1300 block of Wasson Street around 2 PM by the residents who reported a fire at the rear of their home. First arriving fire crews found heavy, black
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OTTAWA – Five LaSalle County residents have died as a result of COVID-19 since August 13th. According to the LaSalle County Health Department, two men in their 80’s and three women in their 90’s are the most recent deaths. In addition, cases continue to remain on the rise with 163
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SPRINGFIELD – Due to a recent increase in COVID-19 cases, Secretary of State Jesse White announced that beginning Sept. 1, Secretary of State employees who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 will be required to submit to repeated COVID-19 testing. Employees will be required to show
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MORRIS – Two people are dead after a head-on crash in Grundy County on Friday. Authorities say around 1 PM a vehicle driven southbound by 75-year-old Sandra L. Viola of Arlington Heights for unknown reasons went into the northbound lanes of Illinois Route 47 in front of the Grundy
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