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Springfield –  State Senator Sue Rezin (R-Morris) is hosting a Senior Informational Seminar on Tuesday, October 8 in Sheridan. All seniors are encouraged to attend to learn more about services available to them. WHAT:                 Senior Informational

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Wesleyan University says its enrollment is down slightly this fall compared to a year ago. Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management Greg King said that the drop from 1,693 to 1,636 students was expected. He says the total number of students is within

    OTTAWA  – World Rabies Day is September 28th, 2019. Established in 2007, it aims to raise awareness about rabies and help the world come together to fight the preventable disease. The theme for 2019 is “Rabies: Vaccinate to Eliminate,” which focuses on the foundation of all

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — University of Illinois officials say the number of freshmen students from China remained flat this year. Admissions Director Andrew Borst told The News-Gazette in Champaign that freshmen from China enrolled at Illinois totals 569, five more than in fall 2018. Borst says

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois State Museum in Springfield has agreed to return 42 culturally significant objects to Australia. The gesture comes nearly a century after they were brought to the United States. The museum says in a news release that it’s the first institution in the

PERU – One man was arrested after what authorities described as high-risk search warrant on a home in the 1700 block of 1st Street in Peru.  Friday morning the Peru Emergency Response Team, Peru Police Special Investigations Unit with help from the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics

PUTNAM – A child has been airlifted to a Peoria hospital after authorities say they were run over by a riding lawn-mower.  The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office say that on Thursday just before 10 AM they were called along with the Henry Ambulance to a location in the community of

OGLESBY – Authorities believe that there is someone local making a dangerous pill that is similar to a prescription medication. The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team say they believe a large amount of look a like Xanax is being produced by a local homemade pill press and that the

STREATOR – A home suffered damage Wednesday in Streator in a house fire that authorities called unintentional.   Around 2:30 PM the Streator Fire Department was called to the 500 block of Montgomery Street for a residential fire.   Persons in the home had evacuated the single story