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JACKSONVILLE – A teen from Streator has died after a shooting in downstate Morgan County.   The Jacksonville Police say last Tuesday 19-year-old Maurice Cunningham was found beaten and shot in the 600 block of Jordan Street.  He was taken to a Springfield hospital where he succumb to his

PLAINFIELD – A Sandwich man has died as a result of a multiple vehicle accident in Plainfield on Sunday. According to the Kendall County Coroners Office, 74-year-old Edmund Leif Erickson of Sandwich was pronounced diseases in his truck tractor as a result of a multiple vehicle accident on

OTTAWA – LaSalle County’s Zoning Board of Appeals isn’t recommending that marijuana businesses be allowed to operate in unincorporated parts of the county. On Monday evening, zoning members voted nay to allowing cannabis businesses of any kind in either agriculture or business districts

MENDOTA – OSF HealthCare Saint Paul and Saint Elizabeth Medical Center will be accepting non-working Christmas lights this year to reduce landfill waste. Eagle Recycling in Galva partnered to accept the lights which can be stripped down to raw materials and can be reused to make new

STREATOR – The Streator Ministerial Association will be hosting their annual Thanksgiving Luncheon this Thursday. Deliveries will be offered starting at 11 a.m., carry-outs at 11:30 and 1:30 p.m. and a dine-in at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at 12:30 p.m. Coordinator Marianne Morris

CHICAGO –  Americans hitting the road for the Thanksgiving holiday will find gas prices similar, if not cheaper, than last year’s. According American Automobile Association Spokesperson Jeanette Casselano, during Thanksgiving week last year the national gas price average decreased a

LASALLE – One person was airlifted and another rushed by ambulance to local area hospitals after the vehicle they were in fell off the I-39 overpass in LaSalle on Monday. According to initial reports, just before noon, the Utica and LaSalle emergency crews were called to westbound I-80 for

STREATOR – The victims of the fire on Sunday that took the lives of two people have been identified.  The LaSalle County Coroner’s Office says that 67-year-old Lois J. Green and 27-year-old Christian Green were found after the fire started in the 1000 block of East Wilson Street. 

STREATOR – Registration starts today for the Streator Chamber of Commerce’s Holiday Lighting and Decorating Contest. There is no cost to enter but you must reside or have a business in the Streator corporate limits to be nominated. The contest will have four divisions: most creative,

STREATOR – Spring Street will be reconstructed in the springtime as part of the city’s five year road plans. City Engineer Jeremy Palm says there will be a complete overlay and reconstruction of Spring Street from Bloomington to the east end of Spring Street next year through a block