The United States Postal Service in St. Louis will soon be processing a lot more mail. The service is moving forward with plans to shift area mail sorting from Springfield, Illinois to the St. Louis distribution center. The change means a letter mailed in Springfield to a resident of the capital city would be sent to S...

A chef from Brooklyn is getting excited about the emergence of cicadas this spring. Joseph Yoon of Brooklyn Bugs tells the New York Times he uses whole cicadas in place of shrimp in his recipes and says they have a mild woody flavor from slowly growing underground. Another chef from Chicago says the bugs are high in pr...

An agreement between Illinois Valley Community College and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale will now allow IVCC students to earn their bachelor's degree remotely in 12 academic programs. IVCC President Dr. Tracy Morris and SIU-Carbondale Chancellor Austin A. Lane signed the agreement for the "Saluki Step...

A packed Ottawa City Council meeting Tuesday night had the audience ready to see whether a resolution was on the agenda regarding a formal stance by the city on the proposed new hospital by OSF. After public comments from a couple of residents as well as Dawn Trompeter, President of OSF St. Elizabeth's Medical Center i...

Press Release On 05/07/2024 around 0730 hours, a LaSalle County Deputy came upon a three-vehicle traffic accident in the area of IL RT 251 and N 38th Rd, near Mendota. Once an on-scene investigation was conducted: one male was found deceased, and four additional patients were transported to area hospitals with non-life...