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UTICA – Today is the 28th anniversary of one of the most infamous crimes the area has seen, and State Police and the FBI are still looking for new information.  21 year old Tammy Zywicki, a college student from New Jersey heading to her college in Grinnell, Iowa, was last seen with her car

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois’ governor is providing a substantive look at how he wants to make the state a completely renewable-energy state by 2050 with tighter controls on utility companies amid an influence-peddling scheme involving

OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department reports 18 new cases in the past 24 hours.   18 people are also said to have recovered from the virus.  No new deaths were reported, which is the first day with no deaths since last Saturday. Details of the new cases are listed below: New

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Health says nearly 57,000 people had their coronavirus test results reported in the past 24 hours, the most so far in the pandemic.  2,356 of those tested came back positive for Covid-19 for a 4.2% positive rate.  Also on Saturday, the state

  OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College student Claire DeGraaf, daughter of Larry and Deborah DeGraaf of Marseilles, was selected as a recipient of the highly-competitive U.S. State-sponsored Gilman Program scholarship to aid in her study abroad in Ireland in spring 2021. The

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois teenager has been convicted in a 2018 shooting that killed two people and wounded a third at a fraternity party near the Bradley University campus. WEEK-TV reports that a Peoria County jury found 18-year-old Jermontay Brock guilty Thursday of all four