An Illinois firefighters union is urging a city to hire another firefighter for its department instead of piling on overtime to cover shifts. Since May 2018, the Streator Fire Department has been ...

STREATOR - The $787 billion federal stimulus package is only a few days old, but it already appears to have paid off for the city of Streator. City Manager Paul Nicholson said he received word by ...

STREATOR — Streator lived up to its reputation as an outspoken community when more than 100 people packed city council chambers and surrounding hallways Thursday, making it clear they oppose plans to ...

Cities across the United States have been reporting a spike in gun violence and homicide during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first six months of 2020, there was a nearly 15% increase in murders ...

With a population of just over 13,000, the city of Streator is located in LaSalle and partially in Livingston counties in Illinois. The city is situated on the Vermilion River approximately 81 miles ...

STREATOR, Ill. — The central Illinois city of Streator plan to mark the tenth anniversary of the bludgeoning death of a 7-year-old boy with a memorial. The Pantagraph in Bloomington reports that a ...

Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, born in rural Illinois in 1906, discovered what became the ninth planet in our solar system – Pluto. Today, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is providing the clearest images ...

Most of Illinois’ startup incubators are based in research or industrial hubs. But the city of Streator, 100 miles southwest of Chicago, has launched its own incubator. It’s a surprising strategy for ...

A little over four years ago, the city of Streator, Illinois, lost its only inpatient health care facility. St. Mary's Hospital, a Catholic provider, closed in January 2016 after serving the city of ...

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