Washington News

Delaware became the seventh state to ban the shark fin trade this week in an effort to protect the threatened marine predators from overfishing globally, reported the Huffington Post on Friday, May 17.

Dolores E. "Tooty" Vanko, 86, of Streator, passed away Tuesday, May 7, at Methodist Medical Center, Peoria.

A coroner's inquest has determined that a former Marine from Illinois who survived a suicide bombing in Iraq died of a combination of heroin and alcohol.

Members of the Morton Grove Park District's Competitive Gymnastics program participated in the USA Gymnastics girls state meet held on April 26-28 in Washington, IL.

Henry David Sharp was born April 21, 2013 at St. Joseph Medical center. Henry is the son of Brittany and Cole Sharp, 308 N. Jefferson Street, Lincoln, IL.

Four Eureka College students will study in China next fall and spring through a grant from the Caterpillar Foundation.