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A Southern Illinois historic site is celebrating the anniversary of the start of Lewis and Clark’s legendary expedition of the West. The Lewis and Clark State Historic Site in Hartford, Illinois, near St Louis, will welcome more than 800 fourth-graders on May 13. They’ll do many of

DeKALB — A Shabbona man who allegedly robbed a gas station on Thursday has his bond set. The DeKalb County Circuit Court reported 30-year old Bryan Malone’s bond set at $75,000. Malone was charged with robbery and armed robbery after DeKalb County Sheriff’s deputies say Malone

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says he plans to meet with National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s director to discuss errors in the report that led to the preliminary decision to build the spy agency’s new regional headquarters in St. Louis.

LADD — A Ladd woman is facing drug charges following her arrest on Thursday morning. Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team officials say they arrested 23-year old Cynthia Waltz at her residence in the 200-block of North Main Avenue in Ladd around 10 AM Thursday. Authorities say Waltz

MARSEILLES — Police are seeking information on a criminal damage case involving railroad property near Marseilles. The La Salle County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called out to an area east of Marseilles along the CSX railroad, where several switches were tampered with.

SHERIDAN — An Ottawa man was allegedly stabbed by a Grand Ridge woman during an incident in Sheridan early this morning. The La Salle County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to the Rolling Oaks Campground just before 1 AM this morning after they were told a man had been stabbed.

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — Faculty at the University of Illinois’ flagship campus who are not on tenure tracks have approved a five-year contract their union negotiated with the school. Union President Shawn Gilmore said members of the Non-Tenure Track Faculty Coalition Local 6546

NORMAL — Illinois State University’s board of trustees has approved a tuition increase for undergraduate students entering the school this fall. The new students will pay 3 percent more in tuition and fees than the students who entered the university last year. The board on Friday

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Texas-based company has asked Iowa regulators for permission to immediately start work on most of the Bakken oil pipeline route through 18 Iowa counties. Dakota Access LLC, a unit of Energy Transfer Partners of Dallas, said in a filing Thursday the work must begin this

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois collected another $1.6 million from late-vehicle registration fines in April to more than double its year-to-date haul from the same period last year as residents go without renewal reminders because there’s no budget. Last month’s fines bring the