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OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department will be collecting dead birds to look for West Nile Virus.  Crows, Blue Jays and Robins will be gathered.  According to the health department, over the past eighteen years West Nile virus activity has been documented throughout LaSalle

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois will offer free meals to school-aged children at hundreds of sites this summer, using options such as home delivery and drive-through distribution to ensure families that need help can get it during the pandemic. The Illinois State Board of Education said more

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An Illinois man who allegedly said he was traveling to Minneapolis to “riot” after the death of George Floyd has been charged with federal counts. Twenty-eight-year-old Matthew Lee Rupert of Galesburg is charged with civil disorder, rioting and possession of unregistered

STREATOR – Two separate marches in the Illinois Valley led and organized by area residents had hundreds holding signs, chanting, and peacefully asking for change in a country rocked by violence in the week since a Minnesota man had died in police custody. In Streator, over 20 people walked

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Health Monday announced the lowest number of daily deaths since March for the state.  Health Officials Monday say 23 additional people have died in the state, with all but 3 in the Chicagoland area.  The state also reports an additional 974 new

LASALLE – Lighted Way in LaSalle announced Monday afternoon that their drive-thru spaghetti dinner scheduled for that evening will be held Tuesday, June 2nd, from 4-7:30pm instead. Executive Director Jessica Kreiser said that the fundraising dinner has been moved due to safety concerns

STREATOR – A flurry of activity kept the Streator Police Department busy over the last 24 hours.  Around 4 PM on Sunday in the 100 block of LaSalle Street, they were called to a residence for a report of two guns being taken.  Then a half hour later in the 1400 block of North Sterling

LELAND – It took Kailen McNelis a decade to accomplish, but he found out he will become an Eagle Scout last week. The 18-year-old from Earlville joined scouting because his father thought it might be something he would be interested in. “It was an awesome community of other boys my

AURORA – In at least two instances, according to authorities, shots were fired at Aurora police Sunday night as law enforcement tried to quell the violence caused after a peaceful protest became anything but peaceful.   The Aurora Police Department say one officer was injured after being