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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is accepting applications for its 2020 scholarship program.53 academic scholarships will be awarded to current and former youth in care for the upcoming school year with four awards reserved for children of veterans.

OTTAWA – LaSalle County’s Emergency Management Association will have a public meeting on the updates of the LaSalle County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan. On Thursday, February 6th at 3:30 pm in Ottawa, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources will be presenting on floodplain

  PRINCETON – A Spring Valley man charged with murder will have one more pretrial hearing in February. 37-year-old Eddie L. Mentgen is charged with first-degree murder for his alleged involvement in the April 2019 homicide of 28-year-old Marissa Roberts. On Friday at the Bureau County

  PRINCETON – A Spring Valley man charged with murder will have one more pretrial hearing in February. 37-year-old Eddie L. Mentgen is charged with first-degree murder for his alleged involvement in the April 2019 homicide of 28-year-old Marissa Roberts. On Friday at the Bureau County

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman has become the second U.S. patient diagnosed with the new pneumonia-like virus from China. Health officials say woman returned from a trip to China on Jan. 13 without showing any signs of illness, but a few days later she called her doctor to report feeling sick.

CHICAGO (AP) — A 7-year prison sentence has been handed the operator of Chicago convenience store who sold illegal synthetic marijuana laced with rat poisoning. Fouad Masoud pleaded guilty last year to selling the illegal substance from his King Mini Mart on Chicago’s West Side. In sentencing

UTICA – Ice-falls are forming at Starved Rock State Park that will attract thrill-seekers to ascend the formations. Ice climbing is allowed at Wildcat, LaSalle and Ottawa Canyons, but at your own risk. Avid ice climber and Illinois Valley Community College Mathematics Instructor, Wes Black

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Police are warning of scammers using local area state police district phone numbers. Officials say they’ve received multiple calls from the public concerning phone calls from individuals claiming to be members of the ISP. It has also been reported the

PONTIAC – The Livingston County Clerk’s Office is in need of election judges for the general primary election in March. Clerk Kristy Masching says the county is experiencing a shortage and they want to get the word out now to residents. To qualify you must be a registered voter.

  PONTIAC, Ill. (AP) — A suspended state corrections officer has pleaded not guilty in the Christmas Day shootings of his wife, adult son and another man in Cullom. Fifty-three-year-old Clifford Brewer is charged with six counts of first-degree murder. He remains in custody Thursday in