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OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College hosts its 11th annual Holiday Art and Craft Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28 in the Peter Miller Community Technology Center. Fair coordinator Lorri Foockle said, “We have quite an array of items for holiday shopping with over 30

PRINCETON, IL—Heartland Bank and Trust Company recently donated over $5,700 to area schools through the Score With Heartland Bank program in support of local high school athletics. Through the program, Heartland Bank donated $25 for each touchdown participating schools made at a varsity home

WYANET – A man died after being struck by an Amtrak train in Wyanet on Thanksgiving Day. . According to Bureau County Sheriffs, 25-year-old Andrew Frese of Buda was operating a tractor was heading southbound when he was struck by a westbound Amtrak passenger train. According to initial

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The company that owns a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake in the summer, killing 17 people, has settled the first of several lawsuits filed in the accident. William Bright, 65, and his 63-year-old wife, Janice, of Higginsville, Missouri, were among those killed in

WYANET – An Amtrak train and a tractor collided southwest of Wyanet Thanksgiving morning.    Emergency crews were called around 10 a.m. to a field about a mile and a half from town after a tractor with an Anhydrous bar implement was crossing the tracks at a private crossing  about 1/4

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources reports that the numbers are up for deer harvested during the first weekend of firearm season.    The weekend, which was November 16th through the 18th, saw 58,836 taken, up around 7,000 deer from 2017.  Illinois’ seven-day

DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — A former Illinois State Police trooper has been charged in a high-speed collision that killed a young mother. Now-retired Master Sgt. Jeff Denning was charged Tuesday with one count of reckless homicide alleging that his excessive speed caused Kelly E. Wilson’s May

STREATOR – Property wealth is growing within the Streator Township High School District, according to Superintendent Matt Seaton. In a District 40 Board meeting on Tuesday, Seaton says he plans for a 3 percent tax rate increase. However, he predicts that because property value is rising,

SPRINGFIELD- The Centers for Disease Control is advising consumers of a large E. coli outbreak involving Romaine lettuce.   They suggest that you do not eat, serve, or sell ANY romaine lettuce while the investigation continues. This includes whole heads of lettuce, hearts of romaine, chopped

LASALLE – The city of LaSalle is going to increase spending in police pensions by 21.5% according to Monday night’s City Council Meeting. Finance Director John Duncan discussed a proposed real estate tax levy increase during a public hearing, explaining that the $1,270,000 going towards