Local Headlines

STREATOR – A home suffered damage Wednesday in Streator in a house fire that authorities called unintentional.   Around 2:30 PM the Streator Fire Department was called to the 500 block of Montgomery Street for a residential fire.   Persons in the home had evacuated the single story

MENDOTA – Like many other locals towns, Mendota will implement a municipal sales tax on legal marijuana. On Thursday night, Mendota’s City Council held a special meeting to approve  the 3% sales tax before the state’s September 30th deadline. City Attorney says the city is acting now

SUBLETTE – Farmers of Lee County gathered at Rod’s Seed Building in Sublette to learn more about the farm programs of the 2018 Farm Bill. USDA’s Lee County Executive Director Jerald B. Quinton broke down four programs, Price Loss Coverage,  Ag Risk County Coverage, Ag Risk Individual

  LASALLE – LaSalle Peru High School’s Board approved an annual salary increase for the new collective bargaining agreement between the local teacher’s union. After a closed session on Wednesday night, LaSalle-Peru High School’s Board of Education reported that they

CHICAGO – Statewide and local unemployment rates made a small decrease, but are now back to similar numbers seen in the spring. Local rates have remained steady throughout the summer, but the reduction experienced for the month of August takes numbers back even further to those of May,

BLOOMINGTON – The Illinois Farm Bureau President responded to the trade agreement with the U.S. and Japan. On Wednesday. the United States and Japan signed a limited trade deal that will open Japanese markets to American farm goods.The deal will reduce Japanese barriers to American beef,

  CHICAGO – Local pump prices are showing signs of stabilization after attacks on two oil facilities in Saudi Arabia earlier this month. According to the American Automobile Association, gas stations reacted just as swiftly as the market, raising local prices by as much as a quarter.

  SPRING VALLEY – Spring Valley needs your help picking up leaves this fall. Public Works Superintendent Jeff Norton says his department is in need of a couple people to help out with this year’s leaf pick-up. The job would require two people, one to operate a truck and the other

MENDOTA – A man Mendota Police say is homeless was arrested Tuesday night on a charge of Indecent Solicitation of a Minor.  Around 7:30PM they took 22-year-old Edward W. Pickford into custody after an investigation into an alleged incident.  Pickford was charged with a class 4 felony and