Volunteers needed to help clean up Peru
PERU – The city of Peru is looking for volunteers to help clean up trash around town this season. Officials made comments at Monday’s city council meeting about trash along Route 251 north, Water street
Secretary of State awards $21 million to combat carjackings & vehicle thefts
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is awarding grants totaling more than $21 million to six police organizations to combat the surge of carjackings and motor vehicle thefts. In 2022, there were 1,655 reported
Illinois unemployment rate stable in February
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced that the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.5 percent in February. In February, the industry sectors with the largest over-the-month gains in employment included Government at 5,900
IVCC to offer events for Women’s History Month
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College will present free Women’s History Month events in March under the theme “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories.” One Book, One College will host the recorded Zoom presentation “Making Maid:
Spring Valley man charged in narcotics investigation
PRINCETON – A Spring Valley man faces multiple charges after an investigation into illegal narcotics activity in the area. According to the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team, authorities executed a search warrant in the 200 block
3 students, 3 staff members, shooter dead in Nashville school shooting
NASHVILLE — Three students and three staff members from a private Christian school in Nashville are dead after an active shooter event on Monday morning. In a tweet from Metro Nashville PD, the active shooter has
Two Teen Girls Solve Math Problem over 2,000 Years Old
Two teenage girls in New Orleans just solved a math problem that’s been stumping mathematicians for 2,000 years. It has to do with the Pythagorean Theorem for sides on a triangle. They just gave a presentation at
Seven confirmed dead after fatal explosion at chocolate factory in Pennsylvania
Authorities in West Reading, PA confirmed on Sunday night that the remains of two more victims of the chocolate factory explosion in Pennsylvania were discovered, bringing the death toll from the explosion on Friday at the R.M.
President Biden approves Mississippi disaster relief as tornado death toll rises
President Joe Biden declared a major disaster in Mississippi, in the aftermath of the deadly tornado that ripped through the Mississippi Delta late Friday, leaving the region — one of the poorest in the country — devastated. At
Florida man orders pizza, gets arrested
LAKELAND, FL — Florida man called to order pizza and got into an argument with the employee on the other end. He wasn’t getting his way and he then threatened that he would bomb the pizza place.