IVAC bringing two scholarships to IVCC
OGLESBY The Illinois Valley Area Chamber of Commerce will be sponsoring two scholarships at Illinois Valley Community College. The “IVAC Building Our Community Scholarship” is for students pursuing trades such as automotive technology, electronics, electricity, HVAC,
IVCC Ag students compete in Springfield
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College agriculture students recently attended the Illinois Professional Agriculture Student Conference at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield. Students include Joshua Cruz, Madeline-Rose Mudge, Rilan Rosengren, and Perris Stachlewitz. IVCC placed second
Junior Achievement Bowl-A-Thon held Saturday
PERU – On Saturday the annual Junior Achievement Bowl-A-Thon was held in Peru. 8 teams of 5 bowlers pledged support to Junior Achievement programs in the area. The JA Bowl-A-Thon is the organization’s largest fundraiser taking place
Florida Man Sends Bomb Threat To Courthouse With His Name As The Return Address
While the search was occurring, detectives were able to locate an inmate by the name of Timothy Kydd, 32, who is currently incarcerated at the Hernando County Detention Center on an Attempted Murder charge. The investigation revealed
Woman alleges officials shut down her home daycare after golfers complained about noise from children
Attorneys for Bianca King, a single mother of two, said in a complaint filed in Travis County Court that their client’s at-home daycare — which faces the tee box of the eighth hole of a local country club’s golf
Dad takes down town’s internet by mistake to get his kids offline
“The explanation was disconcertingly simple: the jammer had been installed by the father of the family to prevent his teenagers from accessing the internet with their smartphone instead of falling asleep! His children had indeed become addicted
The Illinois Valley Community College administrators meet with Ottawa YMCA representatives
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College administrators met with representatives of the Ottawa YMCA and University of Illinois Extension recently regarding opportunities for partnerships once the new Ottawa YMCA complex opens in the fall of 2023. IVCC
Gas prices at its highest nationwide
CHICAGO – Gas prices have spiked nationwide due to elevated crude prices according to the American Automobile Association. Statewide, Illinois has seen a major jump in prices, currently averaging $3.71 per gallon, nearly 30 cents
27 vehicles damaged after I-39 pileup, Interstate remains closed
MINONK – All lanes of I-39 between Normal and Minonk are closed Friday morning after a Thursday afternoon pile-up damaged nearly 30 vehicles. The Illinois State Police say nineteen tractor trailers and nine passenger vehicles were damaged
Anniversary of Pluto Discovery on this date in 1930
STREATOR – Today is the anniversary of the discovery of Pluto by a man born in Streator. It was February 18th, 1930 photographic evidence of Pluto was discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff,