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Take a look at some of the week’s best photos, captured by Illinois Valley photographers from Sunday, Sept. 7 through Saturday Sept. 6.

A new statewide program aims to make higher education at public universities more accessible to Illinois students.

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.

This is the last week to get your ice cream favorites at a few small businesses across the Illinois Valley.

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.

Shaw Media hosted the Best of the Illinois Valley event to honor businesses voted the best in their categories by readers throughout the region.

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Hundreds attended the second annual Best of the Illinois Valley event on Thursday at the Auditorium Ballroom in La Salle.

Residents are advised to allow extra travel time during the harvest season to accommodate possible delays caused by farm equipment.

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Veterans and communities across the Illinois Valley held memorials Thursday to honor the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001. In Ladd, Veterans Park hosted a 9/11 service led by local veterans. At Waltham Grade School in Utica, students placed 2,977 American flags outside the school, one for each life lost that day. Peru held a flag-raising ceremony and memorial at the roundabout, followed by a remembrance event at SOAR (Students Obtaining Achievement and Responsibility) School.