Amazon has opened their new last-mile delivery facility in Ottawa, bringing more jobs while also speeding up deliveries across the Illinois Valley.

An Oglesby man waived his right to an extradition hearing Monday and will go to Minnesota to face charges for allegedly threatening that state’s lieutenant governor.

At a Tuesday forum hosted by state Rep. Amy “Murri” Briel, Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, a Cook County Democrat, said lawmakers will tackle regulating data centers during the upcoming fall veto session.

An Ohio murderer avoided a sentence of natural life Friday; but Matthew J. Pairadee has only a distant shot of getting out of prison alive.

Marisa Kress, DO, will begin on Sept. 14, providing access for patients in need of primary care and women’s health services at OSF Medical Group, Primary Care, located at 415 E. 2nd St., Spring Valley.