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LASALLE – While the Illinois Bicentennial Passport Program may be over, passports are still being handed in to the I & M Canal Corridor Association for prizes. According to Program Coordinator Mara Moore, over 50 passports have been received from the program to win prizes for the number

SPRINGFIELD – The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to pass the new Farm Bill, voting 87-13. According to LaSalle County Farm Bureau President David Isermann, while the bill is yet to be ratified, a compromise from the Senate and the House Agriculture Committees added the legalization of

CHICAGO – More than half of all Americans have yet to get a flu shot, according to a new study. A survey from the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago shows that more than half of all Americans are yet to get the flu shot with few intending to do so.

SPRINGFIELD — Nationwide, more children than ever have been diagnosed with a terrifying paralyzing illness.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that there are 158 confirmed cases so far this year, with the Illinois Department of Public Health finding 9 across the state.

WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago banker has been sentenced to four years in prison for stealing more than $325,000 from elderly customers’ accounts. A DuPage County judge sentenced 48-year-old Christine Lange of Summit on Monday. She pleaded guilty to felony theft in August. Lange

PALATINE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in suburban Chicago say the man who was shot and killed by police after he struck the officer and another person with a vehicle was the son of a woman who was found stabbed to death inside the man’s apartment. The shooting happened early Sunday in the

CHICAGO (AP) — A former personal injury lawyer in Chicago who created a cape-wearing character to drum up business has pleaded guilty to keeping secret from clients’ settlements he’d reached and keeping the settlement money for himself. 64-year-old Jordan Margolis pleaded guilty

PERU – The city of Peru will make a motion at the end of the month to annex land for a roundabout road project. In a city council meeting on Monday, an agenda item was placed for the city’s next council meeting to make a motion to zone and annex 13 acres along Peoria Street and Plank

OTTAWA – The Midwest Emmy Award Winning documentary series about a Pontiac farmer serving in World War 1 will be coming to PBS this weekend. Director and Producer Kane Farabaugh’s latest project, which covers the experience of Gustave Amm in Europe, will have episodes broadcast

MENDOTA – A 26-year-old Mendota man was arrested on Heroin charges Monday after an investigation by the Mendota Police Department and the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team. According to the Mendota Police, they took Sergio A. Arzola into custody in the 1400 block of East Main