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MENDOTA – Mendota Alderman commended the police department for their work in handling the suspect of a number of smash and grab burglaries downtown. 54-year-old Craig J. Hynes is in custody for allegedly breaking the windows of multiple businesses over the last few weeks. Alderman

  CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has opened 24 new investigations into alleged misconduct by Catholic priests amid concerns that cases turned over by the Archdiocese of Chicago weren’t properly reviewed. The Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday

OTTAWA – Mayor Dan Aussem announced that Ottawa will hold a public meeting to discuss city events. He explained that the meeting, which will be held on Thursday, October 3rd at 6pm, will welcome citizen comment regarding the various city events, such as Riverfest and Winefest. Aussem also

TROY GROVE – The Troy Grove Fire Department unveiled the newest engine to their fleet last week, a 2019 Pierce truck with a 1,000 gallon tank.  It also features a foam system and a six man cab.

UPDATE – The remains have been recovered       MENDOTA- A Mendota man is pleading to whomever took a package off his porch near 5th Street and 5th Avenue in Mendota  to return it at once.   Phillip Forst said on Tuesday that a package said to contain his brother’s remains

MENDOTA – For the second year in a row, the Mendota Police Department was awarded the Bicycle Pedestrian Safety Award. At Monday night’s city council meeting Chief Greg Kellen announced that the police department was honored with an award from the Illinois Chief Association and the

STREATOR – Streator Unlimited received a grant to perform outreach and support to those with epilepsy. Service Director Stephanie Harcharik says the $179,000 grant will go towards the new Northwest Illinois Epilepsy Support Program meetings, outreach and assessment plans for families

  OTTAWA – Mental health among the agriculture industry is a rising concern. As part of the Illinois Department of Agriculture’s, National Farm Safety and Health week, Tuesday is being recognized at Farmer Health & Suicide Prevention. Living in rural Illinois, its important

  CHICAGO (AP) — A prosecutor in the trial of two men charged in the 2015 slaying of a 9-year-old Chicago boy noted the victim brought a basketball to a park while his alleged killers “brought guns.” Dwright Boone-Doty and Corey Morgan are charged with first-degree murder in