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CHICAGO (AP) — American Airlines says a passenger’s electronic cigarette caused a small fire on a flight from Las Vegas to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. American Airlines spokeswoman Leslie Scott says the e-cigarette’s battery overheated shortly after Flight

FREEBURG, Ill. (AP) — The owner of a southwestern Illinois farm is breeding Arabian horses in an unlikely bid to sell the animals to buyers in Saudi Arabia. Rodger Davis owns the 300-acre Riding Center near Freeburg, just east of St. Louis. Davis said that he’s been meeting with Saudi

CHICAGO (AP) — A firefighter has been injured in a blaze at a high-rise construction site in downtown Chicago. Chicago Fire media affairs says firefighters were called to a fire just before 6 a.m. Saturday at the Vista Tower site on East Wacker Drive. The fire was contained to a basement

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has confirmed a new U.S. attorney for central Illinois five months after President Donald Trump nominated him. John Milhiser has been the acting U.S. attorney for the 46-county region since that nomination. The Senate’s unanimous voice vote on

PERU – Joan Fernandez will continue to be in charge of the Illinois Valley Community Hospital community outreach department—a role she has filled since 2009—while also assuming communications and marketing responsibilities. She has been a community outreach nurse since coming to IVCH in

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday that it must delay the release of key crop reports due to the partial government shutdown, leaving investors and farmers without vital information during an already tumultuous time for agricultural markets. The USDA had

CHICAGO (AP) – A suburban Detroit woman and South Side Chicago man are recovering in a Chicago hospital following rare triple transplant surgeries that gave them the healthy heart, liver and kidney each needed — and a new friendship they never expected. University of Chicago Medicine

OGLESY –   Illinois Valley Community College’s Continuing Education Center will offer “10 Hour Construction” (CEU-7222-01) from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30 and 8 a.m. to noon Thursday, Jan. 31.  Instructor Jeff Clark will cover major provisions of the Occupational Safety

Illinois Valley Community College’s Ottawa Center, 321 W. Main St., is hosting a last-minute spring registration event from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 12.Admissions, Counseling and Financial Aid personnel will be available to assist students in registering. “There are many reasons