LASALLE – The Illinois Valley Auto Group helped stock the shelves of the Illinois Valley Food Pantry with the 4th annual “Fill the Truck Full of Food” event. Over 2,500 lbs of food was donated and $1,577 in cash donations were presented to the pantry on Wednesday. “I just wanted
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MARSEILLES – Marseilles city officials are urging all residents to complete their census information in order to help the community fund sewer repairs to prevent backups into homes. They are applying for a block grant from the Department of Commerce & Economic Development to repair
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OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department reported 33 new recoveries from COVID-19 on Wednesday. The health department did not report any deaths in the county, making this the longest stretch of time with no fatalities from COVID-19 since early August. The LCHD also announced 15 new
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SPRINGFIELD – 35 additional COVID-19 related deaths were reported Wednesday by the Illinois Department of Public Health, along with 1,941 more cases. Those deaths include a male in his 80’s from Bureau County. Illinois has recorded 266,151 cases in total, along with 8,367 deaths. The IDPH
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MACOMB – All classes were cancelled for Wednesday at Western Illinois University as authorities investigate a shooting on campus. The school released an early morning statement that around 10:30 PM Tuesday a man was shot in Thompson Hall and the building was evacuated. Officials say
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STREATOR – A number of burglaries and stolen vehicle reports were taken by Streator Police on Monday. Two different parked vehicles at locations along Bloomington Street reportedly had their windows broken and items taken from them over the last couple of days. A change machine in a
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OTTAWA – Ten new COVID-19 cases were reported Tuesday afternoon by the LaSalle County Health Department. However, the health department reported no new deaths, which makes a full week of no deaths being reported by the county, the longest stretch of no coronavirus fatalities since early
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health on Tuesday said 20 additional people died from COVID-19 related complications in the past 24 hours. Nearly 2/3 of the deaths came from downstate, a change from earlier in the pandemic in which the vast majority of deaths came from
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GALESBURG – The Illinois State Police are still investigating the death of a Rochelle man found dead in Knox County in 2018. Authorities say Tyler L. Smith, a 23-year-old Western Illinois University graduate and a member of the Army National Guard, was downtown in Galesburg with friends
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OTTAWA – Ottawa will have a driver services facility again starting today. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced that the new location at 4111 Progress Dr. in Ottawa will now be open. The previous DMV office closed in October of 2019. The new building, which has been
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