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STREATOR – Streator’s Fire Department will be getting some upgrades to their emergency equipment. Nearly $120,000 was awarded by The Department of Homeland Security to acquire new devices, including new heart monitors, defibrillators and CPR devices. According to Fire Chief Gary Bird, the

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago police officers clearly do not want to be in court testifying against a colleague accused of murder, with one of them so uncomfortable he couldn’t bring himself to point to the man on trial, something witnesses are routinely asked to do. But one after another

  STREATOR – Streator Township High School will receive a grant to help support their truancy programs. The board motioned to approve $68,000 each year for three years for the Truants Alternative and Optional Education Program awarded by the Illinois Board of Education. According to

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A former Marine already sentenced to death for killing a sailor in Virginia pleaded guilty Tuesday to fatally attacking two young girls in a suburban Chicago park 13 years ago. A judge sentenced Jorge Torrez, 30, to 100 years in prison under a plea deal with prosecutors

  SPRINGFIELD – Illinois National Guard troops have begun assisting those areas affected by Hurricane Florence.   Aircraft and soldiers transported 28,000 pounds of food, water, and relief supplies to a hospital in the disaster area Sept. 17. On the same day they transported 2,750

PERU – U.S Representative Adam Kinzinger made his way to Illinois Valleys Cancer Center in Peru for a visit and tour. Representative for  Network Development Manager, Nancy Jackson, and Coordinator Karen Karczewski both cancer survivors, introduce Kinzinger to new high level technologies

LASALLE – A 67-year-old Minnesota man was injured after his motorcycle was struck by an ambulance early Tuesday morning. Illinois State Police say that Chris Boerner, of Culver, Minnesota, was seriously injured after his motorcycle was struck by an ambulance on I-39 near the Illinois River.

COAL CITY – The body of a man reported missing two weeks ago was discovered by children playing in Grundy County. According to Grundy County Coroner John W. Callahan Sunday evening in Coal City they were notified of the discovery near some abandon green houses. The preliminary investigation

LOSTANT – Surveys were sent out to Lostant residents in August and this month on behalf of the North Central Illinois Council of Governments in order to apply for a grant to replace the water tower. The grant would help cover the cost of replacing the water tower. The survey that was sent

PERU – A new hotel could coming to the north side of Peru. An ordinance was passed Monday night at the Peru City Council Meeting to approve and authorize the execution of a TIF District redevelopment project between the city and Sidlyd Phi, LLC  to build an 88 room Hilton Hotel. The 12