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- Just in: Brewers rout Rays 10-1, one win from first World Series title (NBC Chicago)
- Just in: La Salle council votes to buy and demolish Hotel Kaskaskia (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Massachusetts and Idaho voters weigh opposing gun ballot measures (PBS News)
- Just in: Thune stumps in key Senate races as GOP fights to keep majority (PBS News)
- Just in: Netanyahu denies stoking Iran tensions ahead of Israel's election (PBS News)
- Just in: Instacart report: Reese's tops Illinois Halloween candy orders (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Dr. Tun joins OSF HealthCare in the Illinois Valley (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Six citizens sue Trump administration over media ban (PBS News)
- Just in: New pickleball courts open in Streator (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Crash and toddler's fall bring crews to Starved Rock, Matthiessen parks (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: National Guard plans prescribed burns at Marseilles training center starting Tuesday (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Trick-or-treat times announced for Starved Rock area communities (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Illinois public university enrollment hits highest level since 2015 (St. Louis Public Radio)
- Just in: Judge rules Justice Department illegally fired prosecutor Maurene Comey (PBS News)
- Just in: Illinois joins FTC, other states suing Dollar General over overcharging (WICS NewsChannel 20)
- Just in: Man charged with mailing white-powder letters to four Illinois members of Congress (ABC7 Chicago)
- Just in: Serbia's Vucic concedes election defeat to student-led movement (ABC News (Australia))
- Just in: State will keep 25 mental health beds at Choate, add southern Illinois jobs (Capitol News Illinois)
- Just in: New York archdiocese reaches $800 million settlement with clergy abuse survivors (PBS News)
- Just in: New regional transit authority gains broad power to develop land near stations (Chicago Sun-Times)
- Just in: Stocks climb Monday as oil slips; Meta dips on reported $95B share sale (TheStreet)
- Local: Ottawa healthcare committee backs Rep. Briel, criticizes challenger Bishop (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Ground broken on future Morris Hospital healthcare clinic in Ottawa (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Princeton still without the services of its largest power generator (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Leading OSF physician says respiratory illness season has arrived (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Body pulled from Hennepin Canal near Wyanet (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: September was a solid month for home sales across the Valley (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Grand opening date set for new Ag Center at La Salle-Peru High School (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Junkyard raises the ire of some neighbors in Ottawa (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Ottawa police say domestic dispute included a man being run over (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Tom's Take: IVCC's 21st Century Scholars (Starved Rock Media)
- Illinois: Stratton and Tracy clash in only Illinois U.S. Senate debate (CBS Chicago)
- Illinois: Little-known GOP slate faces an uphill battle for statewide offices (Capitol News Illinois)
- Illinois: Proposed closing of four low-level prisons draws sharp rebuke in Du Quoin (Capitol News Illinois)
- Illinois: Illinois regulators move to bring video gambling under self-exclusion program (Capitol News Illinois)
- Illinois: Bill would study how self-driving vehicles could plug into Illinois transit (Capitol News Illinois)
- National: How the conservative Supreme Court has rewritten the rules for the midterms (CNN)
- National: Trump attacks Democratic Senate candidate at Michigan rally (Westfair)
- National: Religious leaders apologize for Trump prayer-event photos (Westfair)
- National: Appeals court skeptical of DOJ push on California ballots (Westfair)
- National: Fire and feared ammonia leak at Oregon seafood plant (Westfair)
- International: Lula narrowly wins Brazil's presidential runoff (Westfair)
- International: Zelensky says a US-Ukraine-Russia meeting is set for November (The Standard)
- International: Riyadh airport partly reopens despite renewed Houthi threats (The Standard)
- International: Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado returns home (The Standard)
- International: Mass cost-of-living protests sweep France and Spain (Westfair)
- Sports: Brewers rally from 4-0 down to take a 2-0 World Series lead (MLB.com)
- Sports: Blackhawks fall to Panthers as Eller scores late (NHL.com)
- Sports: Bulls edged by Wizards in a 124-120 finish (ESPN)
- Sports: Bears top the Patriots 30-24 behind Caleb Williams (FOX Sports)
- Sports: Illinois Valley prep: Princeton rolls in the 3A playoffs (Starved Rock Media)
- Light Features: Peru's Halloween event draws a crowd at Washington Park (Starved Rock Media)
- Light Features: Skeleton Strut brings Halloween cheer to Mendota (Starved Rock Media)
- Light Features: 2027 Starved Rock & Matthiessen calendars now available (Starved Rock Media)
- Light Features: LaSalle Rotary walkers turn out to help end polio (Starved Rock Media)
- Light Features: Orionid meteor shower peaks over Illinois skies (Patch (Across Illinois))
- Funny & Offbeat: A mysterious mushroom makes people see hundreds of tiny humans (ScienceDaily)
- Funny & Offbeat: These tiny snakes roll four times faster than they slither (ScienceDaily)
- Funny & Offbeat: Urban birds are more afraid of women than men — and nobody knows why (ScienceDaily)
- Funny & Offbeat: A ghostly, eyeless creature turns up in a Chinese cave (ScienceDaily)
- Funny & Offbeat: Astronomers spot a "ghostly green" star unlike any known before (ScienceDaily)
- Just in: Brewers rout Rays 10-1, one win from first World Series title (NBC Chicago)
- Just in: La Salle council votes to buy and demolish Hotel Kaskaskia (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Massachusetts and Idaho voters weigh opposing gun ballot measures (PBS News)
- Just in: Thune stumps in key Senate races as GOP fights to keep majority (PBS News)
- Just in: Netanyahu denies stoking Iran tensions ahead of Israel's election (PBS News)
- Just in: Instacart report: Reese's tops Illinois Halloween candy orders (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Dr. Tun joins OSF HealthCare in the Illinois Valley (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Six citizens sue Trump administration over media ban (PBS News)
- Just in: New pickleball courts open in Streator (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Crash and toddler's fall bring crews to Starved Rock, Matthiessen parks (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: National Guard plans prescribed burns at Marseilles training center starting Tuesday (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Trick-or-treat times announced for Starved Rock area communities (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Illinois public university enrollment hits highest level since 2015 (St. Louis Public Radio)
- Just in: Judge rules Justice Department illegally fired prosecutor Maurene Comey (PBS News)
- Just in: Illinois joins FTC, other states suing Dollar General over overcharging (WICS NewsChannel 20)
- Just in: Man charged with mailing white-powder letters to four Illinois members of Congress (ABC7 Chicago)
- Just in: Serbia's Vucic concedes election defeat to student-led movement (ABC News (Australia))
- Just in: State will keep 25 mental health beds at Choate, add southern Illinois jobs (Capitol News Illinois)
- Just in: New York archdiocese reaches $800 million settlement with clergy abuse survivors (PBS News)
- Just in: New regional transit authority gains broad power to develop land near stations (Chicago Sun-Times)
- Just in: Stocks climb Monday as oil slips; Meta dips on reported $95B share sale (TheStreet)
- Local: Ottawa healthcare committee backs Rep. Briel, criticizes challenger Bishop (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Ground broken on future Morris Hospital healthcare clinic in Ottawa (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Princeton still without the services of its largest power generator (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Leading OSF physician says respiratory illness season has arrived (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Body pulled from Hennepin Canal near Wyanet (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: September was a solid month for home sales across the Valley (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Grand opening date set for new Ag Center at La Salle-Peru High School (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Junkyard raises the ire of some neighbors in Ottawa (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Ottawa police say domestic dispute included a man being run over (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Tom's Take: IVCC's 21st Century Scholars (Starved Rock Media)
- Illinois: Stratton and Tracy clash in only Illinois U.S. Senate debate (CBS Chicago)
- Illinois: Little-known GOP slate faces an uphill battle for statewide offices (Capitol News Illinois)
- Illinois: Proposed closing of four low-level prisons draws sharp rebuke in Du Quoin (Capitol News Illinois)
- Illinois: Illinois regulators move to bring video gambling under self-exclusion program (Capitol News Illinois)
- Illinois: Bill would study how self-driving vehicles could plug into Illinois transit (Capitol News Illinois)
- National: How the conservative Supreme Court has rewritten the rules for the midterms (CNN)
- National: Trump attacks Democratic Senate candidate at Michigan rally (Westfair)
- National: Religious leaders apologize for Trump prayer-event photos (Westfair)
- National: Appeals court skeptical of DOJ push on California ballots (Westfair)
- National: Fire and feared ammonia leak at Oregon seafood plant (Westfair)
- International: Lula narrowly wins Brazil's presidential runoff (Westfair)
- International: Zelensky says a US-Ukraine-Russia meeting is set for November (The Standard)
- International: Riyadh airport partly reopens despite renewed Houthi threats (The Standard)
- International: Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado returns home (The Standard)
- International: Mass cost-of-living protests sweep France and Spain (Westfair)
- Sports: Brewers rally from 4-0 down to take a 2-0 World Series lead (MLB.com)
- Sports: Blackhawks fall to Panthers as Eller scores late (NHL.com)
- Sports: Bulls edged by Wizards in a 124-120 finish (ESPN)
- Sports: Bears top the Patriots 30-24 behind Caleb Williams (FOX Sports)
- Sports: Illinois Valley prep: Princeton rolls in the 3A playoffs (Starved Rock Media)
- Light Features: Peru's Halloween event draws a crowd at Washington Park (Starved Rock Media)
- Light Features: Skeleton Strut brings Halloween cheer to Mendota (Starved Rock Media)
- Light Features: 2027 Starved Rock & Matthiessen calendars now available (Starved Rock Media)
- Light Features: LaSalle Rotary walkers turn out to help end polio (Starved Rock Media)
- Light Features: Orionid meteor shower peaks over Illinois skies (Patch (Across Illinois))
- Funny & Offbeat: A mysterious mushroom makes people see hundreds of tiny humans (ScienceDaily)
- Funny & Offbeat: These tiny snakes roll four times faster than they slither (ScienceDaily)
- Funny & Offbeat: Urban birds are more afraid of women than men — and nobody knows why (ScienceDaily)
- Funny & Offbeat: A ghostly, eyeless creature turns up in a Chinese cave (ScienceDaily)
- Funny & Offbeat: Astronomers spot a "ghostly green" star unlike any known before (ScienceDaily)
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Welcome to the Newsroom (Population: Me)
This is a placeholder post so the blog has something to show. Replace it with your first real entry from the dashboard under Blog. What you will find here* Stories behind the stories * Notes from the Illinois Valley * The occasional opinion on microphones Lead with the news. Save the puns for the kicker.
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