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MENDOTA – After 21 years of serving as the city of Mendota’s Police Chief, Thomas Smith announced his resignation effective Wednesday.  At his last city council meeting, Chief Smith gave an emotional farewell to council members, praising Mayor Boelk for his leadership and friendship

ILLINOIS – North Central Illinois has seen its fair share of wintry mixes and snow storms this winter, accumulating nearly 7 inches of snow fall for the month of February. According to the National Weather Service, LaSalle County saw up to 2.5 inches, Putnam County 1.6 and nearly 3 inches

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man who has delivered more than 26,000 white crosses to sites around the U.S., largely to remember victims of gun violence, now finds himself in his hometown. Greg Zanis made crosses for the five victims of the shooting Friday in Aurora, Illinois, where an

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — Company officials say the suburban Chicago manufacturing warehouse where five people were fatally shot won’t reopen until next week, but that its doors will be open to support workers. A spokeswoman says the Henry Pratt Co. facility in Aurora, Illinois, says counselors

ILLINOIS – A study shows that Illinois has the cheapest beer prices than any other state in the U.S. According to Simply Thrifty Living, their 2nd annual study of prices from national and regional retailers in up to 10 zip codes in each state for a 24-pack of Bud Light and Miller Lite,

PERU – Illinois Valley Community Hospital is implementing a temporary visitor restriction effective immediately. The recommendation stems from the Illinois Department of Public Health in response to state influenza activity level, which is currently widespread. IVCH is restricting visitors

STREATOR – Today is the anniversary of the discovery of Pluto by a man born in Streator.  It was on this date in 1930 photographic evidence of Pluto (now designated a “dwarf planet”) was discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Tombaugh was

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — More than 1,500 people braved snow and freezing drizzle to attend a prayer vigil for five slain co-workers Sunday, two days after they were fatally shot at a suburban Chicago manufacturing plant by a longtime employee who was fired moments earlier. The Rev. Dan Haas told

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — The man who opened fire and killed five co-workers at a suburban Chicago manufacturing plant took a gun he wasn’t allowed to have to a job he must have known he was about to lose. Right after learning Friday that he was being fired from his job of 15 years at the Henry