Illinois harvest slightly behind five year average

SPRINGFIELD – Harvest is underway across Illinois, although it is slightly behind the five year average. The USDA reported this week that just 6% of the corn has been harvested, about 10% behind average. Corn mature reached

Smoke causes retirement home evacuation in Dalzell

DALZELL – An assisted living retirement home was evacuated Tuesday morning after light smoke was discovered in the building.  The two staff, along with Dalzell Fire, Police, and community members helped evacuate the eight residents from the facility

Things that shouldn’t go down the toilet…

Food – uneaten food can been too big for the pipes to handle and could cause blockages Hair – just like when a cat gets a hairball, so can your pipes Chewed gum – it doesn’t breakdown,

Areas of Mendota lose phone; Internet service

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MENDOTA – Many customers of Frontier Telephone and Internet were without service after having a main trunk line damaged last Thursday. Officials with the city of Mendota confirmed that a horizontal drilling machine damaged multiple utility services

Two from Streator facing charges for drug distribution

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STREATOR – The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team announced that last week they took two Streator residents into custody after an investigation into narcotics distribution. Last Wednesday authorities took 69-year-old Debra Stevenson into custody on charges of