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OGLESBY – The main parking lot at Starved Rock State Park as well as the whole lower area, including the boat launch ramps are closed due to flooding on the Illinois River. Park facilities and the Starved Rock Lodge remain open. Parking is available in the Lodge lot as well as the overflow

STREATOR – David Plyman began his first day as Streator’s city manager, Monday. Plyman says his priority is to address challenges that Streator faces and goals the community establishes.      Plyman says he’s looking forward to meeting residents and becoming a part of the

PONTIAC – The driver of a car impaled on a guardrail is dead, but after a fire their identity hasn’t been determined. According to the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office on Monday morning they learned of a car found along a road north of Chatsworth. The fire was out and the

SHERIDAN-The Monday morning discovery of a vehicle in LaSalle County have authorities on the lookout for a woman they say is missing.   Around 5:30 AM on North 4251st Road north of Sheridan a car belonging to 74-year-old Linda Jackson was found.   The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office says she

LASALLE – LaSalle-Peru High School elected and appointed board members at a reorganizational meeting Monday. Greg Saver and Sally Taliani took the oath of office as newly elected officials with reelected members President Tony Sparks, Dr. Rose Marie Lynch and Bob Morrison. Carol Alcorn

CHICAGO – What began as a late night traffic stop on Sunday turned into an unlikely situation of a mother giving birth along I-57.   The Illinois State Police say they were in the middle of a traffic stop when another vehicle, driven by Roland Watkins, pulled up to the scene asking for

STREATOR – Streator High School will be gaining a learning lounge thanks to a donation received on Monday. Over the summer a remodel will take place to add new seating, flat panel televisions and a mix of standing and sitting areas for up to 30 students. The donation of $5,000 from State

CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors say a man who fatally shot five co-workers at an Illinois warehouse took the gun and ammunition into the plant when he arrived that morning. The Kane County State’s Attorney’s office said in the report released Monday that it found law enforcement officers

WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois mother and father charged in their 5-year-old son’s murder have agreed to let the state’s child welfare agency care for their younger son. JoAnn Cunningham and Andrew Freund Sr.’s younger son was taken into Illinois Department of Children and

BEACH PARK, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say the conditions of five people have improved, two days after they were sickened by ammonia leaking from tanks in Lake County. The Lake County sheriff’s office says five people have been upgraded to serious condition from critical, including a