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SPRINGFIELD -– Hunters in Illinois harvested over 52,000 deer during the first weekend of the state’s firearm deer season. According to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, LaSalle County hunters took home 427 deer, up from last year. Livingston and Bureau County hunters took

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York has been elected the next Democratic House leader, making history as the first black lawmaker to lead a political party’s caucus. The 52-year-old Jeffries was elected on Wednesday in a unanimous vote, as Democrats prepare to relinquish control of the House

  LASALLE – LaSalle-Peru Township High School will be hosting its annual Santa’s Workshop this weekend. On Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon in the student commons/cafeteria at LPHS, children ages 10 and under are welcome to meet Santa, Mrs. Claus, and many other special guests to play

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation to avoid a railroad strike; national railroad workers had vowed to strike on Dec. 9 if no agreement was reached. The legislation passed the House by a vote of 290-137, and still needs to be approved by the Senate.  If enacted the

  OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department, in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is honoring World AIDS Day, a day of solidarity for people around the world who are affected by HIV. While great strides have been made over the four decades since the

On Tuesday, a federal jury in Washington found Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and Kelly Meggs, another member of the far-right organization, guilty of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Jurors reached their decision on the third day of

A Walmart employee who survived the mass shooting at a store in Virginia last week has filed a $50 million lawsuit against the company for allegedly continuing to employ the shooter “who had known propensities for violence, threats and strange behavior.” The lawsuit was filed Tuesday

WASHINGTON — The national average pump price for a gallon of gas dropped 12 cents in the past week. It is the steepest weekly decline since early August, according to the American Automobile Association. Locally, LaSalle County gas prices have dropped significantly, now at $3.78 cents per

UTICA – A new traffic pattern will be implemented at Illinois 178 and Route 6 intersection in Utica beginning Wednesday. The traffic pattern incorporates a four-way stop. All lanes will remain open. The four-way stop is anticipated to last through winter and into the next construction

SPRINGFIELD – Unemployment in North Central Illinois for the month of October is slightly up and LaSalle County remains one of the highest regionally. According to the Illinois Department of Employment Security, LaSalle County made a slight uptick in its unemployment rate at 4.6%,