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Mendota Police and City of Mendota employees were closing streets this afternoon near Northbrook Middle School after heavy rains caused minor flooding. Stroble Avenue and 16th Street both were closed Monday night.   Waters have begun to recede, however, barricades may remain until the roads are

A motorized glider has crashed while landing at an airport near Sheridan, critically injuring the pilot.  Newark Fire Protection District spokesman Earl Thompson says the accident happened Saturday morning at Cushing Fields Airport. Thompson says the pilot was initially trapped in the wreckage.

An Illinois congressman wants veterans to record their experiences to be shared with generations to come. U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski is partnering with the Library of Congress to bring the Veterans History Project to Chicago. The project collects, saves and shares personal stories from veterans of

MENDOTA – Tuesday morning multiple agencies were involved in searching two locations in Mendota. At 7:30 AM FBI, Mendota, LaSalle and Peru police searched a home in the 700 block of Meriden Street. The FBI declined to comment who or what the search was for, but did assure the public that

OGLESBY, IL – A pavement buckle closed both southbound lanes of Interstate 39 between US Route 6 and the Oglesby Walnut Street exit. IDOT crews were on scene repairing the road, which became hazardous around 7pm Wednesday evening.  

A second large railroad has told federal officials it isn’t interested in a proposed $8 billion, 278-mile rail line from Indiana to Wisconsin aimed at relieving Chicago-area freight congestion. Norfolk Southern Railroad has submitted a letter to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board saying

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Governor Bruce Rauner’s vision of a grand two-year budget compromise with Illinois lawmakers is becoming more difficult to accomplish as the clock ticks down on this year’s legislative session. Rauner has asked for pro-business and union-weakening proposals

Illinois superintendents warned of school closures and staff layoffs as they implored state lawmakers Tuesday to pass a budget to give them certainty for the fall. Education funding is the only portion of the budget for the current year that Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner signed, meaning schools

OTTAWA — A hit and run accident in Ottawa turned into a pursuit that ended near Harding last night. La Salle County Deputies spotted a vehicle described in a hit and run that took place near Illinois Route 23 and Interstate 80 traveling north on Route 23 around 7:30 pm Monday night. When

OTTAWA — A resolution regarding the Great Lakes Basin railroad project is headed to the full La Salle County board for their vote today. At a meeting of the Development, Environmental Service, and TIF committee last Wednesday, members voted to send the resolution to the county board,