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OGLESBY – The city of Oglesby is now accepting applications for Chief of Police. Last week, Chief Jim Knoblauch announced his plans for retirement by the end of April. Resumes, qualifications and letters of reference will be accepted now through the 21st. 10 years’ experience as a fully

TONICA – The Tonica Fire Department announced that they recieved a brand new Ambulance. According to the department, it will be a few weeks until the ambulance is in service. They want to thank everyone for donating to the cause. The Ambulance was purchased with money from fundraisers and

CHICAGO (AP) — Facebook has agreed to a $550 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit that accuses it of violating the rights of millions of Illinois users by harvesting their biometric data without permission. The settlement, which still needs judicial approval, could be bad news for other

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — More than 2,400 sets of fetal remains found last year in the Illinois garage and a car of an Indiana abortion doctor after he died will be buried Wednesday at a northern Indiana cemetery. Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill’s office said Monday the 2,411 sets of

  LASALLE – There’s been a rearranging of positions within the city of LaSalle. At Tuesday nights council meeting Mayor Jeff Grove announces that Economic Development Director Katheryn Koyak will be stepping down from her position to be Deputy City Clerk. In her place, council

  CHICAGO (AP) — A mistake in Illinois’ automatic voter registration system could mean deportation, criminal charges or both for a handful of immigrants who cast ballots. Hundreds of people who acknowledged that they weren’t U.S. citizens were mistakenly registered. Sixteen of them

  PERU – Their 20th anniversary would have been April 1st, but instead the Peru Antique Mall will be closing for good. Owner Jan Olson says there’s a lot of broken hearts right now, but was a deal by industrial developers she and her husband Jack couldn’t pass up. The mall

  STREATOR – Streator’s Plan Commission is expected to recommend a special use permit petition to allow a cannabis grower facility on West Main Street. Owners of John and Joe’s Florist in the 1100 block of West Main street have submitted a permit application to allow a

PRINCETON – The boyfriend of a woman who authorities say was the victim of a homicide in Spring Valley has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder. 38-year-old Eddie Lee Mentgen will serve at least 35 years in prison for the death of 28-year-old Marissa S. Roberts on April 5th 2019. Mentgen was

OTTAWA – The novel coronavirus has been a scare since it has appeared in the United States, but the local concern among health professionals is the flu. Twenty airports in the U.S. have implemented health screenings for citizens coming from China. LaSalle County Travel Owner Anna