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DIXON – Two people were killed in a two vehicle crash last night in Lee County.  According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, a 65 year old Shabbona man was driving a semi on Route 30 when a car drove into his lane and collided with his truck. Authorities say the driver and

DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — A recent report shows Illinois’ referee shortage is getting worse, with the number of referees for the state’s high school athletics dropping 11 percent from the 2012-13 to the 2016-17 seasons.  According to the Illinois High School Association, the number of

OGLESBY- A Chuckin’ Chick’n Challenge, Doughnuts for Dough, Bucks for Baskets and Slime Challenge are among the highlights of the Illinois Valley Community College Foundation’s second annual Giving Day ‪from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 5‬ in the gym. All proceeds will benefit the

OGLESBY – The Aurora Police Department have arrested a man based on an investigation of sales of heroin in LaSalle County. In a release by Tri-Dent, the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team, they announced that 29-year-old Christopher Rosario of Aurora was charged with two counts of

OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College’s Martha Hoffman has been named a 2018 New Century Transfer Pathway Scholar and will receive a $2,250 scholarship. The sophomore from Earlville was among more than 2,000 students nominated from 1,600 colleges across the country. Only one New

PERU – An Iowa man is in custody after the Illinois State Police discovered a loaded weapon and drugs during a traffic stop. According to the Illinois State Police during a Wednesday traffic stop at the Plank Road interchange with Interstate 80, a probable cause search of a vehicle was

RANTOUL – A fatal accident on Interstate 57 in Champaign County that took the life of a college student is under investigation by the Illinois State Police. On Wednesday evening police say 21-year-old Francis C. Edelen, from Manhattan, Illinois began walking for unknown reasons along the

MENDOTA- Tennessee authorities say the search for a missing Mendota man has so far been unsuccessful.  Mendota Police say that 67 year old Stanley B. Vodden reportedly left Destin Florida to go home to Mendota on March 1st.  Family members reported Vodden missing after he failed to arrive in

OGLESBY – Around 75 students gathered in the center courtyard at IVCC to come together to talk about gun violence on campus and to honor those lives lost last month in Parkland Florida. Illinois Valley Community College student Kellsie Edgecomb helped organize the walk out with other

DWIGHT – The names of two men who died after a fire Wednesday in a multi-family home in Dwight have been released. According to the Livingston County Coroner 46-year-old Guy Ralph Sassinger and 42-year-old Chad David Weber, both residents of the 100 block of South Union Street perished.