Streator High School signs on for more exchange students next year
STREATOR – Streator High School will be hosting up to 20 exchange students next school year. At Tuesday night’s boards meeting, a contract renewal was passed with Foreign Services Group, Ltd., to enroll up to 20 Chinese
90 years since Streator-native discovered Pluto
STREATOR – February 18th is Pluto Day, celebrating its existence and the Streator-native who discovered it. Today marks 90 years since Clyde Tombaugh discovered the planet in 1930 at Lowell Observatory in Arizona. Tombaugh was born in
Father; Son cited for jumping into Buffalo Rock’s Bison pen
OTTAWA – A father and son were arrested over the weekend after allegedly jumping into the Buffalo Rock Park Bison pen. According to Conservation Police Sergeant Phil Wire, a 47-year-old Kewanee man was keeping watch when his
Newark man dies in single vehicle accident
OTTAWA – A man killed as a result of a single-vehicle accident near Millington has been identified. The LaSalle County Coroner on Tuesday said that 49-year-old William W. Davis, of Newark, is dead after a single-vehicle crash
CVS property in Peru to be a car wash
PERU – Property located behind CVS in Peru will soon be a car wash. At Monday nights city council meeting, Chairmen of Finance and Safety Service, Mike Radkte announces that Peru received over $538,000 for the
Florida man gets naked to escape DeLand store; ribeyes fall out of his pants
A shoplifter trying to get away from a DeLand store stripped naked and steaks tumbled out of his pants, police said. Police found a Stefan Short, 28, of DeLand, running out of the store in the buff,
Scholarship created for Sheridan man killed in Aurora factory shooting
OGLESBY – The parents of a 21-year-old Sheridan man who was killed at an Aurora factory shooting have created a scholarship in his memory. The Trevor Melvin Wehner Scholarship will be awarded at Illinois Valley Community
Streator to pass cannabis sales tax, medicinal grow house
STREATOR – Streator’s city council will be implementing a cannabis sales tax. Last month, the council amended its zoning code to allow recreational retailers to operate in certain commercial districts. If approved, a 3% tax will be
Reported father of alleged Dixon High School shooter, charged with solicitation of murder for hire
DIXON – A Dixon man is charged with attempting to hire an individual to carry out the murders of two people. According to the Lee County Courthouse, 49-year-old Matthew Milby Sr. is charged with two counts of