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- Just in: WLPO's Salute to Veterans hour airs Saturday and Sunday mornings (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: La Salle County issues final reminder to pay real estate taxes (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Secret Service arrests armed man near White House over alleged threats to Trump (CNN)
- Just in: Peru Public Library series opens with a look at JFK's presidency (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: "Comfort a Hero" nominations open through Nov. 12 (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Treasury sanctions currency exchangers accused of helping Iran evade sanctions (CBS News)
- Just in: A look at how Illinois gas prices moved over the past week (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Youth Service Bureau of Illinois Valley marks 50 years with Golden Gala (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Pritzker appeals FEMA's denial of disaster aid for August storms (Capitol News Illinois)
- Just in: Granville exhibit explores America's immigration history (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: IVCC opens registration for spring semester (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Ottawa elementary school locked down after person flees police (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Firefighters called to Spring Valley high-rise early Friday (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Fairgrounds operations unchanged after annexation into Princeton (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: NFL's Goodell, Bears leaders meet Illinois officials on Arlington Heights stadium (Bleacher Nation)
- Just in: Illinois House Speaker Welch won't seek another term as speaker (Capitol News Illinois)
- Just in: Democrats narrowly lead uncalled Senate races in Alaska and Mississippi (Democracy Now)
- Just in: Newsom to commute every death sentence in California (Democracy Now)
- Just in: Harmeet Dhillon resigns as head of DOJ Civil Rights Division (Democracy Now)
- Local: Maximum sentence handed down in fatal DePue domestic case (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Mendota driver hurt in rural rollover crash (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Driver hurt and arrested after crash near Utica (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Peru firefighters respond to a call at Eakas Corporation (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: 5-year-old falls from a second-story window (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: La Salle County nursing home rates rise $10 per day (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: La Moille High School will deactivate; Waltham addition rejected again (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Repeat drug charge sends a Streator man to prison (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Jennifer Ebner wins another term as La Salle County Clerk (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Kammerer elected Bureau County Sheriff (Starved Rock Media)
- Illinois: Pritzker wins a 3rd term as presidential speculation builds (Capitol News Illinois)
- Illinois: Illinois Democrats sweep statewide races, expand historic supermajorities (Capitol News Illinois)
- Illinois: On day one of his new term, Pritzker releases a 200-point national agenda (Capitol News Illinois)
- Illinois: Stratton coasts to victory to become Illinois' newest U.S. senator (Capitol News Illinois)
- Illinois: It wasn't easy, but Sen. Sue Rezin wins another term in Springfield (Starved Rock Media)
- National: Democrats flip the U.S. House and Senate in a stunning midterm sweep (CNBC)
- National: Which 2026 races are still undecided? Alaska and Mississippi Senate seats too close to call (U.S. News & World Report)
- National: Vance blames GOP losses on the war with Iran; Trump calls that “largely true” (Democracy Now)
- National: House GOP leadership scramble: Johnson out, Scalise and Jordan in; DeSantis calls it “extinction-level” (Democracy Now)
- National: Federal judge temporarily blocks deportations of Afghans to Pakistan and Afghanistan (Democracy Now)
- International: U.N. ends its 35-year peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara (Democracy Now)
- International: South Africans vote in municipal elections; ANC trailing early (Democracy Now)
- International: WHO approves trials of two new Ebola vaccines as Congo outbreak grows (Democracy Now)
- International: Bavaria's deputy premier Hubert Aiwanger found dead in a Berlin hotel (Morning Star)
- International: Colombia ends “Total Peace,” toughening terms for armed groups who surrender (Democracy Now)
- Sports: Blackhawks fall 4-1 at Tampa Bay (NHL.com)
- Sports: Bulls routed by the Knicks, slide to 1-7 (Bleacher Nation)
- Sports: Bears roll in Seattle, improve to 6-2 (ESPN)
- Sports: IHSA football: second-round playoff matchups set for this weekend (High School Football America)
- Sports: NBA “Starting 5”: superstar nights all across the league (NBA.com)
- Light Features: State grant lets area veterans come off the Meals on Wheels waiting list (Starved Rock Media)
- Light Features: 24-hour Honor Guard vigil set for Ottawa this weekend (Starved Rock Media)
- Light Features: Curtain's about to rise on L-P High School's fall play (Starved Rock Media)
- Light Features: Growing Ottawa church moves into a larger place of worship (Starved Rock Media)
- Light Features: Viral video of the day: a golden retriever's sweet encounter with a butterfly (TAG24)
- Funny & Offbeat: La Salle's own Brady Booker is voted off the Survivor island (Starved Rock Media)
- Funny & Offbeat: Record set opening 7 packs of trading cards — strapped to a plane's wing (WJJK / London Daily)
- Funny & Offbeat: British town crier crowned the world's loudest woman (UPI Odd News)
- Funny & Offbeat: Runaway parakeet rescued from a storm drain (UPI Odd News)
- Funny & Offbeat: An alligator strolls into a North Carolina bagel shop (UPI Odd News)
- Just in: WLPO's Salute to Veterans hour airs Saturday and Sunday mornings (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: La Salle County issues final reminder to pay real estate taxes (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Secret Service arrests armed man near White House over alleged threats to Trump (CNN)
- Just in: Peru Public Library series opens with a look at JFK's presidency (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: "Comfort a Hero" nominations open through Nov. 12 (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Treasury sanctions currency exchangers accused of helping Iran evade sanctions (CBS News)
- Just in: A look at how Illinois gas prices moved over the past week (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Youth Service Bureau of Illinois Valley marks 50 years with Golden Gala (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Pritzker appeals FEMA's denial of disaster aid for August storms (Capitol News Illinois)
- Just in: Granville exhibit explores America's immigration history (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: IVCC opens registration for spring semester (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Ottawa elementary school locked down after person flees police (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Firefighters called to Spring Valley high-rise early Friday (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Fairgrounds operations unchanged after annexation into Princeton (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: NFL's Goodell, Bears leaders meet Illinois officials on Arlington Heights stadium (Bleacher Nation)
- Just in: Illinois House Speaker Welch won't seek another term as speaker (Capitol News Illinois)
- Just in: Democrats narrowly lead uncalled Senate races in Alaska and Mississippi (Democracy Now)
- Just in: Newsom to commute every death sentence in California (Democracy Now)
- Just in: Harmeet Dhillon resigns as head of DOJ Civil Rights Division (Democracy Now)
- Local: Maximum sentence handed down in fatal DePue domestic case (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Mendota driver hurt in rural rollover crash (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Driver hurt and arrested after crash near Utica (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Peru firefighters respond to a call at Eakas Corporation (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: 5-year-old falls from a second-story window (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: La Salle County nursing home rates rise $10 per day (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: La Moille High School will deactivate; Waltham addition rejected again (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Repeat drug charge sends a Streator man to prison (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Jennifer Ebner wins another term as La Salle County Clerk (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Kammerer elected Bureau County Sheriff (Starved Rock Media)
- Illinois: Pritzker wins a 3rd term as presidential speculation builds (Capitol News Illinois)
- Illinois: Illinois Democrats sweep statewide races, expand historic supermajorities (Capitol News Illinois)
- Illinois: On day one of his new term, Pritzker releases a 200-point national agenda (Capitol News Illinois)
- Illinois: Stratton coasts to victory to become Illinois' newest U.S. senator (Capitol News Illinois)
- Illinois: It wasn't easy, but Sen. Sue Rezin wins another term in Springfield (Starved Rock Media)
- National: Democrats flip the U.S. House and Senate in a stunning midterm sweep (CNBC)
- National: Which 2026 races are still undecided? Alaska and Mississippi Senate seats too close to call (U.S. News & World Report)
- National: Vance blames GOP losses on the war with Iran; Trump calls that “largely true” (Democracy Now)
- National: House GOP leadership scramble: Johnson out, Scalise and Jordan in; DeSantis calls it “extinction-level” (Democracy Now)
- National: Federal judge temporarily blocks deportations of Afghans to Pakistan and Afghanistan (Democracy Now)
- International: U.N. ends its 35-year peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara (Democracy Now)
- International: South Africans vote in municipal elections; ANC trailing early (Democracy Now)
- International: WHO approves trials of two new Ebola vaccines as Congo outbreak grows (Democracy Now)
- International: Bavaria's deputy premier Hubert Aiwanger found dead in a Berlin hotel (Morning Star)
- International: Colombia ends “Total Peace,” toughening terms for armed groups who surrender (Democracy Now)
- Sports: Blackhawks fall 4-1 at Tampa Bay (NHL.com)
- Sports: Bulls routed by the Knicks, slide to 1-7 (Bleacher Nation)
- Sports: Bears roll in Seattle, improve to 6-2 (ESPN)
- Sports: IHSA football: second-round playoff matchups set for this weekend (High School Football America)
- Sports: NBA “Starting 5”: superstar nights all across the league (NBA.com)
- Light Features: State grant lets area veterans come off the Meals on Wheels waiting list (Starved Rock Media)
- Light Features: 24-hour Honor Guard vigil set for Ottawa this weekend (Starved Rock Media)
- Light Features: Curtain's about to rise on L-P High School's fall play (Starved Rock Media)
- Light Features: Growing Ottawa church moves into a larger place of worship (Starved Rock Media)
- Light Features: Viral video of the day: a golden retriever's sweet encounter with a butterfly (TAG24)
- Funny & Offbeat: La Salle's own Brady Booker is voted off the Survivor island (Starved Rock Media)
- Funny & Offbeat: Record set opening 7 packs of trading cards — strapped to a plane's wing (WJJK / London Daily)
- Funny & Offbeat: British town crier crowned the world's loudest woman (UPI Odd News)
- Funny & Offbeat: Runaway parakeet rescued from a storm drain (UPI Odd News)
- Funny & Offbeat: An alligator strolls into a North Carolina bagel shop (UPI Odd News)
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Field Notes: Recording on the River
A placeholder post about field recording. Replace it with your own notes from the field. Wind is the enemyBring the fuzzy windscreen. Always bring the fuzzy windscreen.
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Five Things Every Small-Town Story Needs
A placeholder post to show how lists and headings look. Swap in your own writing whenever you like. 1. A real person 2. A clear stake 3. One surprising number 4. A sound you can hear 5. A reason to care tomorrow
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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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