OTTAWA – Most communities have winter and snow parking restrictions in place in order to get the streets back open after a snowstorm. Here are some of the area rules, but if you have specific questions you should contact your city for details at your address or business. Earlville
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OTTAWA – A winter weather advisory that goes into effect at 3 PM could bring up to an inch of snow and sleet to the area. The National Weather Service predicts between Tuesday afternoon through mid-morning on Wednesday, travel on roadways throughout North Central Illinois could be impacted
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LASALLE – LaSalle’s City Council approved a recommendation for a new street light on Rockwell Road in their last council meeting of 2020. LaSalle’s Mayor Jeff Grove also thanked all city employees for their hard work over the past several weeks for helping put together the Celebration
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By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Black woman who was the victim of a mistaken 2019 raid on her Chicago home has canceled a planned meeting with Chicago’s mayor and a public forum with aldermen. A statement from Anjanette Young’s attorney’s office says Mayor
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By MICHAEL TARM and SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An attorney for a U.S. Army special forces sergeant arrested in what authorities are calling an apparently random shooting at an Illinois bowling alley that left three dead has told an initial hearing that her client may suffer
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CHICAGO (AP) — An effort by the Illinois Craft Cannabis Association to force Gov. J.B. Pritzker to award grower licenses was rebuffed by a Cook County judge. By law, 40 grower licenses were to be issued by July 1, but Pritzker hasn’t issued them. He initially cited the COVID-19 pandemic
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CHICAGO (AP) — A third person has been charged in the death of a retired Chicago Fire Department lieutenant, killed during an attempt to carjack his SUV. Chicago police say 20-year-old Devin Barron was arrested Saturday in Lansing, Illinois by the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force. Cook
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PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department announced on Monday one new death attributed to COVID-19 and 67 new infections. The addition of the man in his 80’s brings the total number of deaths to 56 in the county since the pandemic began. They say just 142 active cases are
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 4,453 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, including 105 additional deaths. In total, 942,362 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed along with 16,074 deaths throughout Illinois. As of Sunday evening, 4,243
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OTTAWA – 2 additional coronavirus related deaths were reported by the LaSalle County Health Department on Monday. The individuals are a male in his 60’s and a female in her 70’s. The LCHD also confirmed 27 new cases and 14 new recoveries. Since the pandemic began, LaSalle County has
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