Streator shoppers will continue paying a 1% sales tax on most grocery items starting next year, after Streator City Council voted on Wednesday night to keep the city’s existing share of the tax after the state repeals its portion.






At Thursday’s village board meeting, Utica Police Chief James Mandujano said the village force, which usually logs between 550 and 580 reports per year, is on pace for 640 this year. That would be an increase of at least 10%.