LaSalle and Putnam counties unemployment lessens
CHICAGO – LaSalle and Putnam counties unemployment rates made a slight decrease in the month of October. According to the Illinois Department of Employment and Security, LaSalle County is 4.2% unemployed, compared to 4.4 in September. Putnam
Tax levy increase and cuts: Streator’s city manager presents 2020 budget
STREATOR – Streator’s city manager says he has a strategy to fiscal stability and funding to the police and fire pensions. Thursday morning City Manager David Plyman met with council to present his plans to zero the
LaSalle Co. States Attorney reacts to Starved Rock murderer’s release
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois officials have granted parole to an 80-year-old inmate sentenced to life in prison for the killings of three women in 1960. Chester Weger has denied killing the three Riverside, Chicago women, whose badly beaten
Weger Parole Hearing Thursday
SPRINGFIELD – The longest serving inmate in the state is up for a parole hearing today at 9 AM. Chester Weger was convicted in 1960 in the deaths of one of three women found dead at Starved
Resident raises concern of truck traffic near school zone
STREATOR – Residents in Streator are concerned of children’s safety due to truck traffic near Northlawn Junior High. During public comment at Streator’s City Council meeting, a resident of North Wasson Street, who lives near four school