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    LADD – Pretty soon the Ladd Senior Village will be home to many, as officials are anticipating a completion date in March. Laborer’s Home Development Corp. Property Manager, Kristin Piccatto says dozens of seniors have already filled out applications for the new

Jeff Zucker has resigned as president of CNN Worldwide, effective immediately. The 56-year-old Zucker announced his resignation in a staff memo on Wednesday, explaining that the decision for him to resign was made after he failed to disclose a “consensual relationship” with a

President Biden has agreed to deploy 3,000 additional U.S. troops to Eastern Europe to support NATO and Ukraine to dissuade Russia from any kind of military intervention in Ukraine.  The deployment follows talks between U.S. and Russian officials and a meeting of the United Nations Security

SPRINGFIELD – Hunters in Illinois harvested a statewide total of 683 wild turkeys during the 2021-2022 fall archery turkey season, down 100 from a year ago. This past year over 24,000 permits were sold for the season dated were Oct. 1, 2021, through Jan. 16, 2022.  Hunters in the area bagged

STREATOR – A single vehicle rollover crash on Tuesday has taken the life of a woman from Dana.  The Illinois State Police and the LaSalle County Coroner’s Office are investigating the crash which occurred near Illinois Route 23 and E 2800 Road in Livingston County near Long Point. 

OTTAWA – PADS Shelter will have to seek out other locations in Ottawa for its homeless shelter addition. On Tuesday night per the recommendation of the Ottawa Plan Commission, the council voted against a permit for the new shelter proposed at 401 E. McKinley Road.  Ottawa officials

At least 6,000 residents in the North Carolina city of Winston-Salem have been asked to evacuate the area during an active fire at the Winston Weaver Co. fertilizer plant.  Winston-Salem Fire Department Battalion Chief Patrick Grubbs said at a news conference on Tuesday “We’re asking

One student is dead, and another is in critical condition after a shooting Tuesday outside a school in Richfield, Minnesota, about 7 miles south of downtown Minneapolis. Richfield Police Chief Jay Henthorne said that the police were called to the South Education Center at 12:07 p.m., and upon

        PERU – A marijuana dispensary is digging its roots in Peru. On Monday night the Peru City Council approved unanimously to grant the special use permit to Kana Grove North, LLC to open shop at 1320 E 38th street. Representatives for Kana Grove pitched a

OTTAWA – A band of heavy snow with accumulation as heavy as one inch per hour is forecast for parts of North Central Illinois starting tonight through Thursday. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning in effect from 8 PM this evening through 6 PM Wednesday, with