First phase of plate readers installed on Dan Ryan Expressway

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Police, in cooperation with the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Chicago Department of Transportation, completed phase one of the Automated License Plate Reader project by installing 99 license plate reading cameras

Streator High School goes mask optional

STREATOR – Beginning today masks are optional for students at Streator High School. At a special meeting on Monday night, the Streator High School Board voted in favor of a Sangamon County Judge’s ruling against school mask

Earlville School to suspend mask mandate

EARLVILLE – In a letter sent to parents from Earlville Community Unit School District 9, they indicated that they will be temporarily suspending the enforcement of the mask mandate and exclusion for asymptomatic close contacts for all

Mask policy to remain in place at area schools

OTTAWA – Even though a central Illinois judge issued a temporary restraining order that prevents school districts from complying with Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s mandate that requires students to wear masks in the classroom on Friday, many area

Alleged cat thief writes letter to sheriff

When told that the vacationing family had an obligation to return Nubbins to its local owner, he wrote, “we were never going to let that cat get put back in the living condition she was in without