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STREATOR – One bedroom and the living room suffered damage but nobody was home at the scene of a house fire Monday night in Streator.   The Streator Fire Department say a neighbor walking their dog discovered smoke and called 911 to report the fire in the 600 block of South Otter Street

SPRING VALLEY – Spring Valley’s City Council approved imposing a municipal tax on cannabis. At Monday’s city council meeting, an ordinance amending the city’s municipal code by enacting a cannabis retailers occupation tax was passed. Attorney Jim Andreoni says the state will be

  LASALLE – LaSalle-Peru High School’s buildings and grounds committee is putting solar panels back on the discussion table. Over the summer, Superintendent Steven Wroblewski says he was approached by a company that’s willing to invest $11 million to install a solar garden

LAS VEGAS – An Ottawa man received an award for excellence for his reporting of the first full-time news reporter to wear a traditional Muslim head scarf on air.  The Voice of America’s Midwest correspondent, Kane Farabaugh, received the award for excellence at the Religion News

OTTAWA – Flu season is right around the corner and the LaSalle County Health Department is hosting clinics this week. The health department has received its shipment of flu vaccine and will host the flu clinics from 1 to 4 p.m. on Thursday. Seasonal Influenza Vaccine and Influenza High Dose

  STREATOR – Streator’s Elementary School District is no longer on the state’s financial watch list. According to Superintendent Lisa Parker, the Illinois State Board of Education voted last week to remove Streator Elementary School District #44 off of their list of

  STREATOR – Streator’s Elementary School District is no longer on the state’s financial watch list. According to Superintendent Dr. Lisa Parker, the Illinois State Board of Education voted last week to remove Streator Elementary School District #44 off of their list of

CHICAGO (AP) — Five Illinois residents have joined the ranks of young people nationwide to sue the makers of e-cigarettes that allege the companies’ marketing tactics targeted them when they were minors. The Chicago Tribune reports the plaintiffs are suing in federal court top

  OTTAWA – A Cook County woman involved in an alleged pursuit that resulted in deploying stock sticks has been arrested along Interstate-80 on Friday. According to the Ottawa Police Department, an officer witnessed 61-year-old Anita Humphrey of Chicago Heights attempting to pass an

OTTAWA – A Cook County woman involved in an alleged pursuit that resulted in deploying stop sticks has been arrested along Interstate-80 on Friday. According to the Ottawa Police Department, an officer witnessed 61-year-old Anita Humphrey of Chicago Heights attempting to pass an alleged