The Marseilles City Council, responding to escalating electricity costs in the water and sewer departments, voted to implement incremental rate hikes over the next three years. Beginning with a planned increase of $0.515 per 100 gallons on April 30th, the water rates will progressively rise to $0.59 per 100 gallons by ...

PepsiCo is recalling over 200 cases of Schweppes Zero Sugar Ginger Ale that contain sugar. That's according to the FDA website. The ginger ale was packaged in 24-count cases of cans and shipped to Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia, according to Pepsi. The company said it began the recall in March after an inter...

Shortly before 5:00 Monday morning, a semi rollover on eastbound I-80 near mile marker 88 - two miles west of the Illinois 23 interchange - resulted in an injured driver being transported to OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Ottawa. The semi ended up in the right-side ditch of the eastbound lanes. -------------------...

Starting today, stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere can try to catch a glimpse of one of the oldest known meteor showers. The Lyrids meteor shower, which has been viewed by humans annually for nearly 27 hundred years, starts on April 15th and lasts until April 29th. In ideal conditions, viewers can spot around ten to...

(Washington, DC) -- It may soon cost more to mail a card or letter. The U.S. Postal Service is asking for approval to raise the price of stamps for the second time in six months. If the change gets the green light, a first-class stamp will jump from 68 cents to 73 cents in July.