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PRINCETON – A Princeton High school staff member was arrested on Friday.   According to authorities, the arrest stems from an investigation conducted by the Princeton Police Department in cooperation with the Bureau County State’s Attorney’s Office and Princeton High School

AMBOY – Amboy School District has taken to installing cameras on school buses to catch drivers passing them when they are stopped. So far this year they have already had to send three sets of images to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office for drivers who allegedly drove around a bus with

WATERMAN – An 18-year-old Lee woman has died after a two vehicle crash near Waterman on Thursday evening.   In a release by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, they say that 33-year-old Jeffery A. Pantilla of Lee was driving south in a pickup truck when reportedly a car entered the

OGLESBY-The expansion of Starved Rock State Park and Matthiessen State Park announces Thursday by Governor Bruce Rauner has been in the planning stages for three years.    That’s according to the Department of Natural Resources head Wayne Rosenthal.  The Open Space Lands Acquisition and

OGLESBY – Illinois Gov. Rauner announced an expansion of Starved Rock and Matthiessen State Parks on Thursday at Starved Rock Lodge. Joining the Governor was Oglesby Mayor Donald Finley, Illinois Department of Natural Resources Director Wayne Rosenthal, and State Sen. Sue Rezin. The park,

MENDOTA – Illinois Bicentennial organizers and the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs have named local veterans to honor during the state’s 200th birthday. Stuart Layne is executive director of the Bicentennial Commission . He says the “Bicentennial HONOR 200”

CHICAGO – A video is being distributed to high schools statewide for National Teen Driver Safety Week. According to Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, the video will serve to help address the dangers of distracted driving. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for

WEDRON – An armed robbery was reported in Wedron on Tuesday. According to LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office, they were called after 9 p.m. for an armed robbery at a home in the 200 block of North 3372nd Road. According to deputies, they arrived at the scene and spoke to two male victims in

DIXON – An officer who has served Lee County retired Wednesday, after working diligently on all four feet since 2011.   K-9 Officer Pepper will be spending his days now with his handler and now new owners family after seven years on patrol.   Lee County Sheriff John Simonton said that

STREATOR – Three Streator men are in jail after a Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team investigation this week. In a release Wednesday by Trident, Heroin and Cocaine sales investigations culminated in three arrests earlier this week. On Tuesday afternoon, 32-year-old Darryl D. Gullens