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COMPTON – The two parks in the village of Compton were damaged over the weekend and have caused the bathrooms to be closed.    Officials locked the facilities until repairs could be made, but going forward they would only be unlocked if the park was rented for a special event.

OTTAWA – A Canadian man has died after a skydiving accident near Ottawa on Friday.   According to the LaSalle County Coroner’s Office 68-year-old Reginald C. Hurlbut of British Columbia was pronounced dead at Skydive Chicago.  The incident is under investigation by the LaSalle

SPRING VALLEY – Illinois Valley Veterans Memorial Bridge is scheduled to open Monday in Spring Valley. The replacement Route 89 bridge over the Illinois River is going to be wider than the old bridge to allow for emergency vehicles, pedestrians and bike traffic. This summer demolition work

OTTAWA – The Lasalle County Health Department is encouraging parents to complete all of their children’s school health care requirements and recommendations. Vaccines help prevent serious diseases like measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis (whooping cough), as well as some others. Debra Hart,

LEXINGTON – A Livingston County mother is dead, and her infant daughter injured in a two vehicle crash near Lexington.    McLean County Coroner Kathy Davis says they received a call of a vehicle fatality on I-55 near Lexington around 6:30 Friday evening.  The coroner says that 25 year

MARSEILLES – The 16th Annual Illinois Freedom Run was Saturday from Morris to Marseilles to honor those lives lost in the Middle East and hundreds of motorcyclists were in attendance. Joining in the ceremonies at the Middle East Conflicts Wall was Governor Bruce Rauner, who rode into the

SPRING VALLEY – It looks like the day could finally come to ride across the new Spring Valley bridge. The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that the newly constructed Illinois 89 bridge over the Illinois River will be open to traffic Monday, weather permitting. The

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is auctioning off hundreds of confiscated or abandoned items including deer hunting tree stands, live traps and fishing rods. IDNR says the auction is scheduled for June 23 in Pawnee. The department holds auctions roughly

MARSEILLES – Saturday Marseilles will come alive with the sound of motorcycles as they kick off the 16th annual freedom run to honor veterans. The celebration begins at 6 a.m. where motorcycles will be lined up at the Grundy County Fairgrounds north of Morris. There will be a pancake

SPRINGFIELD–An Earlville teen was part of the all-female FFA Illinois State Officer Team that was elected Thursday at the 90th annual Illinois State Convention. Miriam Hoffman was elected to serve the next year as Secretary. This marks the first time in the Illinois FFA’s 90-year history when