Putnam County remains at warning level for COVID-19

PRINCETON – Putnam County remains at a warning level for COVID-19, with new cases per capita being nearly four times higher than the Illinois Department of Public Health advises. Positivity rate was over 12%. Monday the Bureau,

20 new COVID-19 cases reported in LaSalle County

OTTAWA – LaSalle County Health Department reported 20 additional cases of coronavirus with over twice as many new recoveries on Monday. The new cases are individuals who range in age from their teens to their 80’s, and

Police capture two subjects after 8 hour search

STREATOR – A search that lasted 8 hours has ended with two in custody.   The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office say they began looking for two individuals after they fled a traffic stop around 1:30 AM Monday.

August added more jobs in North Central Illinois

SPRINGFIELD – The latest county unemployment numbers have been released by the state, and they show job growth throughout North Central Illinois in August.  LaSalle County is over 9%, from a high rate in May of 18.4%

Rock Falls police encounter armadillo on patrol

ROCK FALLS – A rare sighting of an Armadillo in northern Illinois happened in Rock Falls Saturday night.   The Rock Falls Police Department said it was one of the strangest animal related service calls they could

Governor attends Gold Star Families ceremony in Marseilles

MARSEILLES – J.B. Pritzker  attended a ceremony to honor the National Guard and Illinois’ Gold Star families in Marseilles. The event, held at the Middle East Conflicts Wall on Sunday, honored families of servicemen and women who