Marseilles votes to keep 1% grocery tax after statewide tax ends in 2026
The move is in response to Illinois eliminating its 1% statewide grocery tax, a change passed in the state’s 2025 budget. When the state tax ends, municipalities are allowed – but not required – to enact their
BCR Pigskin Prognosticators for Week 2, 2025

BCR Pigskin Prognosticators for Week 2, 2025
This week’s guest picker for Week 2 is Greg Armstrong of the View From the West Podcast
BCR Pigskin Prognosticators for Week 2, 2025
This week’s guest picker for Week 2 is Greg Armstrong of the View From the West Podcast
Streator man pleads guilty to cocaine, gun charges; sentenced to one year in prison

Streator man pleads guilty to cocaine, gun charges; sentenced to one year in prison
A Streator man caught with cocaine and a loaded gun pleaded guilty Thursday and was sentenced to a year in prison.
Streator man pleads guilty to cocaine, gun charges; sentenced to one year in prison
A Streator man caught with cocaine and a loaded gun pleaded guilty Thursday and was sentenced to a year in prison.
Pat Harmon takes over as LaMoille boys basketball coach

Pat Harmon takes over as LaMoille boys basketball coach
When Chance Blumhorst resigned from his post as head boys basketball coach at LaMoille High School this summer to become athletic director at his hometown Mendota, it was only natural that Patrick Harmon, his JV coach, would
Pat Harmon takes over as LaMoille boys basketball coach
When Chance Blumhorst resigned from his post as head boys basketball coach at LaMoille High School this summer to become athletic director at his hometown Mendota, it was only natural that Patrick Harmon, his JV coach, would