STREATOR – A garage was a complete loss after a fire Friday in Streator. The Streator Fire Department say they were called to the 300 block of East First Street around 3 PM and found the structure fully involved. It took 15 minutes to extinguish the blaze, which had collapsed the roof ...Read more
OGLESBY – A teen walked out of his Oglesby home fifty years ago and vanished. In the five decades since 16-year-old Dermot F. Kelly went missing authorities have had no clues to his whereabouts, aside from his jacket, boots, and the rifle he left home with. On the afternoon of January 30th, ...Read more
OTTAWA – Twelve La Salle County residents died from complications related to COVID-19 since January 21, according to the LaSalle County Health Department. The individuals were were a woman in her 50s, two men in their 60s, three women in their 60s, two men in their 70s, three men in ...Read more
OGLESBY – Students planning to attend Illinois Valley Community College next fall have until February 10th to apply online for Foundation scholarships. Current students, high school seniors and anyone planning to enroll in fall or spring 2022-23 courses is welcome to apply for nearly 200 ...Read more
UNDATED – Local county unemployment in LaSalle, Putnam and Bureau counties are continuing a trend at under 5% for the past three months. According to the Illinois Department of Employment Security, statewide unemployment made the biggest decrease, now at 5.3% compared to 8% a year ...Read more
PEORIA – A survey taking opinions from residents about potential passenger rail use across the area has been put out by the Illinois Department of Transportation. The survey will be used by IDOT and local leaders to assess the viability of new passenger rail service that would run ...Read more
DWIGHT – One person is dead after a two vehicle crash in Grundy County Thursday. The Grundy County Coroner’s Office was called along with the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office to Illinois Route 47 in Dwight around 9AM for the collision between a semi-tractor trailer and a passenger ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Police have unveiled an interactive Statewide Expressway Shooting website which contains current and historical data regarding gunfire incidents on all expressways in Illinois. The SES dashboard displays the number of reported expressway shootings from 2019 ...Read more
Houston police took a man suspected of shooting three officers into custody, after an hours-long standoff ended Thursday evening. Houston Police Department Chief Troy Finner confirmed that the suspect, who police have not identified, came out at 7:45 p.m. CT with his hands raised and ...Read more
The Michigan school shooting suspect who is accused of killing four people in a shooting at Oxford High School last November is planning on using an insanity defense at trial. The defense attorneys for the alleged shooter, Ethan Crumbley, filed a notice on Thursday saying that they plan to ...Read more
