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Putnam County Takes On North Clay In A State Semifinal Today
8+ hour, 9+ min ago (252+ words) The Putnam County baseball team celebrates after winning the IHSA Class 1 A Super-Sectional, 7-4, against Galena to set up today's IHSA Class 1 A State Tournament Semifinal. The Panthers (25-11) play North Clay (35-4) at 1 p. m. today at the University of Illinois in Champaign." Today…...
Damaging Tornado Makes Direct Hit On South Streator
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Americans don't know what's in their tap water
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (550+ words) Although three in four Americans polled say they "care a lot" about what they put in their bodies, 35% have not thought about one essential part of their health in the past year: the quality of their tap water. A survey…...
Pistol Shrimp Fall Again At Johnstown
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (124+ words) starvedrock. media When your pitchers walk 14 hitters and your defense commits 5 errors, it's hard to win a baseball game. The Pistol Shrimp found that out last night in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, falling to the Mill Rats 10-3, dropping both games of the…...
Woman Killed In I-39 Wreck Outside Minonk
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (174+ words) starvedrock. media Tornado Watch lifted in our local area Flood Watch: till 11am Bureau/Putnam and 4am in La Salle County A crash south of Minonk on Interstate 39 claimed a life. The Woodford County Coroner's Office says 49-year-old Lulije Cosentino of Dixon…...
Community Urged To Help Send Off Panthers In Style
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (145+ words) starvedrock. media When it comes to Putnam County, it's truly the entire county getting behind one team. Fans of the Panthers state-bound baseball team want to send off the team in a big way. A message on the Putnam County…...
Extensive Damage Reported With Two-Vehicle Crash In Peru
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (159+ words) starvedrock. media Two people were taken to OSF in Peru after a wreck just before 6 o'clock Wednesday morning on the northwest side of Peru. Peru police and firefighters were called to Hollerich Drive, just south of Interstate 80 for a two-vehicle…...
LGBTQ+ Pride Month Exhibit In Granville Shows Impact Of Rainbow Flag
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (63+ words) starvedrock. media It opened in Granville on June 2nd, which would've been the 75th birthday for Gilbert Baker Baker created the original Rainbow Flag in San Francisco in 1978, giving the LGBTQ+ liberation movement an enduring symbol. The library exhibit in Granville is…...
Starved Rock Area Softball Players All Over All-State Teams
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (197+ words) starvedrock. media There was a lot of good softball played this season in the Illinois Valley. Taylor Vescogni of L-P and Piper Lewis of Ottawa have been named to the 1st Team, Illinois Coaches Association All-State Softball Team. Class 3 A 2nd Team…...
Free Laundry Service Offered To Families In Need In Ottawa
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (115+ words) starvedrock. media For some, the cost of doing laundry simply isn't in the budget. Illinois Valley PADS Outreach and Keep Clean Laundromat in Ottawa are teaming up to provide free laundry services to families and individuals in need. The program…...