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The new Meijer store under construction on Golf Road west of Greenwood Avenue in Niles will open sometime in January or February, according to a company spokesman.

A member of Gov. Ted Strickland's cabinet was chosen today as a regional Health and Human Services director for President Barack Obama.

A Princeton man was sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to the Class 1 felony of residential burglary and to the Class 2 felony of aggravated battery.

Something special will be in the city of Ottawa's Festival of Lights parade the day after Thanksgiving.

A competitive half-time show is made up of many small steps, but the Nevada High School Tiger Pride Marching Band has taken small steps and turned them into great strides.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is waging ecological warfare in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A Bureau County grand jury considered the following cases at its Oct. 13 session: • Michael R. Carrico, 21, of Ohio, Ill., was indicted for the Class 4 felony of criminal damage to government-supported property.

From staff reports October is National Popcorn Poppin' Month, making it the perfect time to try some new popcorn recipes.

A Princeton woman is serving three months in the Bureau County jail after pleading guilty to the Class 4 felony of computer fraud Stacey M. Albrecht, 26, entered her guilty plea Oct.

Pamila June Lafferty, 56, of 1054 Lora Ave., Princeton, died Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, at Heartland Healthcare Center in Henry following a lengthy illness.

As most high school students might recall, the end of the French and Indian War in 1763 gave Britain mastery of the Atlantic Seaboard and Canada, while France, the loser of that war, had to abandon its territories in Canada and colonial America, and remove itself from the New World.

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Some Code Yellow PM2.5 levels were scattered throughout the country. Ozone levels were Code Green in most of the U.S. with scattered Code Yellow levels reported in Ohio, Illinois, South Dakota, and Wyoming.

Massaponax High School's newspaper, The Growl, is one of five finalists for a national design award.

Brandon J. Knaak, 28, of Ohio, Ill., was sentenced Sept. 3 by Circuit Judge Marc Bernabei to three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to three Class 4 felonies of driving while license revoked/subsequent offense.

Bob Murray, owner of a Utah mine that collapsed in 2007 at a cost of nine lives, is giving West Virginia University $1 million for research into mining methods and use of fossil fuels.

The Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art will reveal two new exhibitions from 4 to 7 p.m. today: One from a large group of Midwestern artists and another from a rural Kansas painter.

American Powder Coatings, Inc. and Kelley Technical Coatings have formed a partnership.

Margaret “Peg” Friel of Dixon, formerly of Ohio, Ill., will celebrate her 90th birthday with a card shower.