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NORWAY – North 3689th Road in Mission Township will be closed for a culvert replacement on Wednesday. The project is located a 1/4 mile west of County Highway 3 in Norway. The work is expected to take three days to complete. Motorists are advised to use alternative routes.

  SPRINGFIELD – Motorists who drive dangerously in a crosswalk will now be facing a one-year suspension of their licenses.”Mason’s Law” requires a 1-year suspension of an individual’s driver’s license if they commit a right-of-way violation at a crosswalk or a

    SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois is getting $450,000 in federal funds to improve maternal health and reduce the number of women and babies who die during or shortly after pregnancy. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth say the Illinois Department of Public Health will use the

  CHAMPAIGN – A car with three occupants inside went airborne and landed on the interstate in Champaign on Tuesday. According to Illinois State Police, just after 1 p.m. a vehicle traveling eastbound on Bradley Avenue allegedly drove through the intersection at Bluegrass Lane into a

  OTTAWA – An Ottawa woman has been charged with possession of purported cocaine after an alleged traffic violation on Friday. According to the Ottawa Police Department, 52-year-old Terry Lynn Farrell was arrested after a vehicle she was driving  was stopped by police in the 500 block

ALPHA, Ill. (AP) — A western Illinois post office has been named in honor of a 26-year-old soldier who died while serving in Afghanistan. The Alpha Post Office was formally named the Capt. Joshua E. Steele Post Office during a ceremony last week. Steele was raised on his family farm in North

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Conservation Foundation has named Crystal Curfman its executive director. The organization that raises money to protect and enhance wildlife and its habitat made the announcement last week. Curfman had served as managing partner of Curfman Group, a real

  DEPUE – Multiple agencies swarmed into the Bureau County community of Depue during the Labor Day holiday for a pair of unrelated structure fires.  The first was a five alarm blaze in the 1100 block of Marquette Street around 1 PM, the second after 3 PM in the 12000 block of 2775th

LOSTANT – An early Saturday morning call to I-39 for a trailer fire left a mess until dawn along the interstate of burnt cheese.    Lostant and Wenona Fire Departments extinguished the blaze at the Route 18 interchange.  No injuries were reported.

SUBLETTE – A child suffered significant burns after a fall Saturday in Lee County.   The Sublette Fire Department and EMS were called around 4:30 PM to Woodhaven Lakes for a report of an injured child.   They say a 3-year-old had fallen into a fire pit and was taken to a Dixon hospital