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Former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has been ordered to pay nearly $1.3 million in legal fees to former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman by a New York court arbitrator. The award comes after Trump filed a complaint against Manigault Newman over her 2018 book,

MALTA – The Malta man that was killed after a two vehicle crash in DeKalb County Tuesday has been identified. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office reports that around 5 PM they were called to the intersection of South Malta Road and University Road for the collision between an eastbound

  SPRINGFIELD – Last year, the Illinois Department of Transportation spent $41.3 million on litter pickup, sweeping shoulders and removing large debris. With the arrival of spring, IDOT is reminding drivers to not litter, but also to be on the lookout for crews picking up debris on and

NORTH UTICA – “No Parking Tow-Away” zones will be strictly enforced this year, namely along Illinois Route 178 and Illinois Route 71 near Starved Rock and Matthiessen State Parks. According to the Illinois State Police, the large volume of visitors has resulted in vehicles being parked

OGLESBY – The city of Oglesby was awarded a safe route to school grant from the Illinois Department of Transportation. The approved project includes new and replacement sidewalks for children in the community to reach school safely. New sidewalks will be coming to Clark Street, Oakwood

STREATOR – The American Red Cross is in need of people to sign up to give blood at the upcoming Streator community blood drives. They say low donor appointment signups and low appointment turnout have resulted in low blood collections. Upcoming drives include today at Streator Place Park

PERU – An intersection in Peru will be closed for construction.   The City of Peru Public Works Department announced that the intersection of 7th Street and Monks Ave will be closed beginning Thursday.  Motorists should seek alternative routes.

    STREATOR – Streator Township High School’s board gave its blessing to a woodworking teacher to build a shelter at Marilla Park. This week Dave Taylor presented his scale model of the 20 x 40 timber frame pavilion, the same one he presented to the Streator City Council

STREATOR – The American Red Cross is in need of people to sign up to give blood at the upcoming Streator community blood drives. They say low donor appointment signups and low appointment turnout have resulted in low blood collections. Upcoming drives include today at Streator Place Park

  OTTAWA – A man authorities described as homeless is facing multiple charges after an alleged attempted robbery of a gas station and a vehicle theft in Ottawa. The Ottawa Police Department say they were called around 1:15 AM last Saturday to a gas station in the 1500 block of Columbus