Curran elected mayor of Oglesby

OGLESBY – In a three way race in Oglesby to determine the next mayor, Jason Curran came out on top with the most votes against challengers Commissioner Jim Cullinan and former mayor Don Finley. Current mayor Dom

Aussem out as Ottawa Mayor

OTTAWA – The incumbent for mayor of Ottawa failed to secure enough votes to retain his seat in the consolidated election last night. Dan Aussem will make way for new mayor Robert Hasty. The outgoing mayor came

Peru Aldermanic races settled

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PERU – The Peru Alderman seat races were settled last night in the consolidated election. Incumbant Jeffrey Ballard retained his 1st Ward spot, while Dave Waldorf failed to keep his, losing to Rick O’Sadnick for the 3rd

Bedei elected Mayor in Streator

STREATOR – The woman who was appointed to fill the remainder of late Streator Mayor Jimmie Lansford’s term has been elected the cities first female mayor. Tara Bedei defeated challenger Brian Crouch in the election yesterday. Both

Shania Twain Wants to Collaborate with Megan Thee Stallion

Shania Twain was introduced by Megan Thee Stallion at the “CMT Music Awards”, and they really hit it off at the show.  Shania hasn’t done a lot of collaborating in her career, but she said she’d like to work with Megan.

Giant red spoon stolen from ice cream shop

PHOENIX, AZ — Over the weekend a 15-foot red spoon was recently stolen from a Dairy Queen in Phoenix.  Security camera footage shows two people unscrewed the spoon from it’s base and left on what appeared to be