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UTICA – A vehicle pursuit Saturday night that began in Marshall County ended in a crash near Utica. According to Marshall County Sheriff Rob Russell, they initiated the stop after the driver was spotted reportedly speeding and improper passing. The driver allegedly fled, and the vehicle

MENDOTA – Around noon on Saturday a large field fire started south of the city of Mendota and spread eastward across East 3rd road and North 4050th Road.   Many area departments responded to battle the fast moving fire through harvested fields.    The National Weather Service had issued

WASHINGTON (AP) — Weeks before the 2016 election, federal officials started making mysterious calls to the head of elections in Inyo County, California. They asked her to contact them if she noticed anything unusual. But they wouldn’t elaborate. “I asked them: ‘How am I going

STREATOR – A binding ballot question is expected to be posed to Streator residents in the November election. According to city board member, Steve Broadus, a petition was circulated by Streator resident, Larry Thomas to abandon the city manager form of government. Thomas’ petition

HINCKLEY – The DeKalb County Crime Stoppers are looking for information into more rural burglaries in the county. On October 10th it was reported that a farm building in rural Hinckley and another near DeKalb both had numerous items and tools taken. These are some of the more recent

STREATOR – Ground was broken Thursday for a new 74-unit assisted living community in Streator. The Villas of Holly Brook Assisted Living and Reflections memory Care Community will be built in the 2000 block of East Main Street and is expected to be completed by the summer of 2019. The

DIXON – One man is dead after a two-vehicle collision in rural Lee County Wednesday afternoon. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office on Illinois Route 2 near Sink Hollow Road around 3:30 p.m. two trucks collided head on. The man driving northbound, 68-year-old Stephen Vagle of

PAW PAW – Paw Paw School Board members held a special meeting on Wednesday to answer questions about their decision to put deactivating Paw Paw High School and sending pupils to Indian Creek on the November ballot. The board answered questions given in a handout that concerned parents and

STREATOR – Streator City Council members approved the “Safe Routes to Schools” grant application at a City Council meeting Wednesday night. The $200,000 grant will go towards installing sidewalks so that kids can walk or ride their bikes to school in a safe environment. City engineer

AURORA – Two men were shot, one fatally, while inside of a car in an Aurora coin laundry parking lot Wednesday evening. Around 7 p.m. Aurora police say there was no discernible description of the suspect who walked up to the vehicle in the 800 block of W. Illinois Ave., shot multiple