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OTTAWA – A multitude of warnings were issued across North Central Illinois Saturday for a series of storms that uprooted trees and possibly spawned a tornado near Joliet.    The National Weather Service received multiple reports for wind damage across the state, and locally trees and

SPRINGFIELD- The budget headed to the desk of Governor J.B. Pritzker is an over $40 billion dollar plan that relies on Federal spending to make ends meet, but Republican State Senator Sue Rezin was vocal about the Democrats plan pushed through on Saturday. “I could not support the budget that

PERU – A laboratory technologist described as someone who “always puts the patient first” is the 2020 winner of the Buckman Family Employee of the Year Award at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru. Mindy McLane, a medical lab tech who is currently serving as one of the interim

MAZON – A Grundy County man is dead after being struck by a car in front of his home Saturday.   Authorities say 63-year-old John A. Cravens Jr. was near his mailbox around 2:30 PM in the 700 block of East Grand Ridge Road when he was hit by an eastbound vehicle.  He was pronounced dead

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health reports 75 Coronarvirus deaths on Saturday.  The deaths range in age from a Cook County woman in her 20’s, and a woman over a 100 in Dupage County.  The vast majority of the deaths, 71, were either in the Chicago area or

OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department reports two new Covid-19 cases on Saturday.  Health officials say the cases are two men, one in his 60’s, the other in his 90’s.  That makes 135 total cases since the start of the pandemic.  One person has been released from

PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department reports one new cornavirus case on Saturday, this one at the Pontiac Correctional Center.  Health Department officials report the individual is currently asymptomatic, and is in isolation.  So far, during the pandemic, 776 people have been

OTTAWA – Local circuit courts are scheduled to resume next month.  The 13th Judicial Circuit Courts, which includes LaSalle, Bureau and Grundy Counties, announced they will resume operations, whether remotely or in person, on June 1st.  Protocols will  include temperature checks before

STREATOR – An 8-year-old girl was life flighted after the vehicle she was riding in collided with another in Southern LaSalle County.  LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office says that late Friday morning, 28-year-old Vickey L. Meglich, of Streator, apparently failed to stop at a stop sign

STREATOR- A purse was reportedly taken from a vehicle on Thursday.   The Streator Police Department say they were called to the 200 block of East Kent Street around 10 AM.   The value of the contents of the purse were not disclosed and anyone with any information is asked to contact the