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LASALLE – LaSalle City Council held public comment at Monday night’s meeting to discuss food trucks in the city. Members of the public came out to voice their opinions regarding potential amendments to ordinances that would allow food trucks. Although many expressed their support for the

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Officials at the University of Illinois say they will start enforcing a new smoke-free policy on Monday. The university’s new rules a 2014 policy that banned smoke-producing tobacco products. Now all forms of tobacco, including chewing tobacco and snuff, along with

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois is among 19 states suing over the Trump administration’s effort to change a federal agreement limiting how long migrant children can be detained. Attorneys general in California and Massachusetts are leading the effort and filed the lawsuit Monday. A longtime

CHESTER, Ill. (AP) — The deaths of three Illinois prisoners over three days from “probable intoxication” of an unknown substance have raised questions about drug use behind bars and whether inmates are watched closely enough, according to a published report. WBEZ reported Monday

JONESBORO, Ill. (AP) — Snake Road in southern Illinois is closing to cars so snakes can cross without getting run over. The Southern Illinoisan reports that the road winding through the Shawnee National Forest will close to vehicles beginning Sunday. The road, more than 2 miles long, will stay

SPRING VALLEY – Spring Valley is looking into taxing Walmart for its proposed solar garden. Recently, the Walmart Distribution Center notified the city that they are planning to build a 15-acre solar farm. In a council meeting on Monday night, concerns of utility tax loss were addressed

OTTAWA – State Representative Lance Yednock hosted his first Opioid Advisory Committee meeting with members of law enforcement and local community activists to bring forth solutions to the ongoing epidemic. Yednock highlighted legislation he supported like House Bill 2222, which would

  FARM RIDGE – County Highway 57, also known as Red, White and Blue Bridge Road, between North 2150th Road and North 2250th Road near Farm Ridge will close from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday for a culvert replacement. Motorists should use alternative routes around the construction

SUNRISE BEACH, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say an Illinois man has drowned while watching a popular boat race at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the victim as 23-year-old Sean Burgess, of Peoria, Illinois. The patrol says he was last seen on a large

GARY, Ind. (AP) — A northern Indiana coroner says a body found along Lake Michigan is that of an Illinois man who vanished while boating on the lake. Porter County Coroner Cyndi Dykes said Monday the body is that of 45-year-old Pawel Knych of Itasca, Illinois. Preliminary findings indicate that