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  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, the House has approved legislation designating lynching as a hate crime under federal law. The bill, introduced by Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush and named after Till, comes 120 years after Congress

OGLESBY – Creativity fueled Illinois Valley Community College’s cafeteria for their 15th Annual Edible Car Contest on Wednesday. In honor of National Engineering Week, local schools are invited to IVCC annually, showcasing their inventiveness through cars made of food. The edible

STREATOR – Illinois American Water will begin constructing a new operations and distribution facility on West Main Street in Streator this spring. According to Jon Mase, operations superintendent for the Streator District, the $3.5 million facility will be approximately 12,000 sq. ft. and

OTTAWA – A Streator woman is dead and one other is injured after a two-vehicle crash near Marseilles on Wednesday. According to the LaSalle County Coroner’s Office 55-year-old Lori A. Szafranski of Streator died after losing control on an icy roadway on East 22nd road in Fall River

OTTAWA – A Streator woman is dead and one other is injured after a two-vehicle crash near Marseilles on Wednesday. According to the LaSalle County Coroner’s Office 55-year-old Lori A. Szafranski of Streator died after losing control on an icy roadway on East 22nd road in Fall River

STREATOR – A long-awaited bridge repair in Streator has a date. Mayor Jimmie Lansford announced that after a Streator man nudged local legislators to get the ball rolling, the city was contacted by the LaSalle County Highway Department that they would take the lead on the Kelly Street

STREATOR – Streator has been selected by the Department of Health and Human Services to participate as a pilot community in a physical activity campaign. The Move Your Way Campaign aims to help people live healthier lives through increased physical activity. The efforts are expected to help

  KANKAKEE, Ill. — Local Sheriff’s Departments are calling on the governor to reconsider a policy that allegedly releases felons into area communities. Officials say the recent policy shift by the Illinois Department of Corrections resulted in setting convicted felons free despite

DEKALB – A Cincinnati man is charged with first-degree murder in the 2016 beating deaths of two people in Sycamore. According to the Dekalb County Sheriff’s Office, 51-year-old Jonathan D. Hurst is charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the August 2016 incident where

LASALLE – A local business owner will have to refile with the city of LaSalle to be considered for a special use permit to operate a recreational cannabis dispensary. Andrew Martinez, owner of Drewski’s in Peru, will be given another chance to compel council toward allowing a