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OGLESBY- The Illinois Valley Community College board Thursday honored former 10-year trustee Melissa Olivero of Peru for her leadership and service to the college. Olivero, who resigned in July, was elected to six-year terms in April 2009 and April 2015. She served as board vice-chair for two

SPRINGFIELD –  The Illinois Department of Transportation and Illinois Department of Natural Resources are reminding motorists to be vigilant during deer mating season as the animals become more active, especially in the early morning and evening hours.   Motorists are urged to consider the

  GRANVILLE – Congressman Adam Kinzinger took a visit to Putnam County High School in Granville to speak to students about his early life, sending a message of kindness and encouragement. Kinzinger shied away from politics to speak to students on some of his major life lessons that

  STREATOR – Streator Onized Credit Union, aka SOCU, donated $20,000 for Paul’s Pad Splash Pad. The donation will go towards adding a concrete walkway from the splash pad to the playground in City Park. Robert Dieken of the Dieken Family Foundation, gifted the splash pad to

  CHICAGO (AP) — Exelon says in a new public filing that it and its electric utility, ComEd, have received a second federal subpoena asking about lobbying in Illinois and communications with a state senator whose offices the FBI recently raided. The Securities and Exchange Commission

  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker plans to push legislation this month to combine municipal fire and police pensions into two massive funds. Pritzker unveiled a task force report Thursday in Chicago. It recommends combing 649 pension accounts outside of Cook County into two

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s law department on Wednesday released for the first time the city watchdog’s full investigative reports into the 2014 fatal shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald by a white police officer — a move the mayor has championed in her push for transparent

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities in Illinois discovered additional fetal remains Wednesday stashed in a car that had belonged to a doctor who performed abortions in Indiana, a month after his death led to the discovery of more than 2,200 other sets of remains in his garage. Investigators for the

STREATOR – Streator’s Parks and Open Spaces advisory board is recommending that funds appropriated for Central Park be carried over next year to complete restoration plans. During public comment at October’s Parks and Open Spaces meeting, a resident inquired of the status of Central

LASALLE COUNTY- Relay For Life of LaSalle County and Relay For Life of Upper Illinois Valley have joined forces to create the LaSalle County Days of Hope. The LaSalle County Days of Hope will consist of multiple experiences throughout the county to support the American Cancer Society. Initial