OTTAWA – A Streator woman is dead and one other is injured after a two-vehicle crash near Marseilles on Wednesday. According to the LaSalle County Coroner’s Office 55-year-old Lori A. Szafranski of Streator died after losing control on an icy roadway on East 22nd road in Fall River ...Read more
OTTAWA – A Streator woman is dead and one other is injured after a two-vehicle crash near Marseilles on Wednesday. According to the LaSalle County Coroner’s Office 55-year-old Lori A. Szafranski of Streator died after losing control on an icy roadway on East 22nd road in Fall River ...Read more
STREATOR – A long-awaited bridge repair in Streator has a date. Mayor Jimmie Lansford announced that after a Streator man nudged local legislators to get the ball rolling, the city was contacted by the LaSalle County Highway Department that they would take the lead on the Kelly Street ...Read more
STREATOR – Streator has been selected by the Department of Health and Human Services to participate as a pilot community in a physical activity campaign. The Move Your Way Campaign aims to help people live healthier lives through increased physical activity. The efforts are expected to help ...Read more
KANKAKEE, Ill. — Local Sheriff’s Departments are calling on the governor to reconsider a policy that allegedly releases felons into area communities. Officials say the recent policy shift by the Illinois Department of Corrections resulted in setting convicted felons free despite ...Read more
DEKALB – A Cincinnati man is charged with first-degree murder in the 2016 beating deaths of two people in Sycamore. According to the Dekalb County Sheriff’s Office, 51-year-old Jonathan D. Hurst is charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the August 2016 incident where ...Read more
LASALLE – A local business owner will have to refile with the city of LaSalle to be considered for a special use permit to operate a recreational cannabis dispensary. Andrew Martinez, owner of Drewski’s in Peru, will be given another chance to compel council toward allowing a ...Read more
OGLESBY – Rev-up your engines for Illinois Valley Community College’s 15th annual Edible Car Contest this Wednesday. Racing and judging will begin around noon in the cafeteria. Last year, there were 66 entries with 38 cars created by students from 5 high schools and two junior highs. ...Read more
PERU – The Perfectly Flawed Foundation will be offering overdose prevention training at the Peru Mall this weekend. From 11 a.m. to noon on Saturday, those 18 and older can learn how to recognize an opioid overdose, how to administer Naloxone, a narcotic overdose reversal drug. The event is ...Read more
STREATOR – Streator High School is on target to have limited use of their auditorium in just a few weeks. Architect George Reigle says the renovation project is about 90 percent completed, with just a few loose ends to take care of. Tasks like lighting and fire alarm system installations ...Read more
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