CHICAGO – Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White awarded over 460,000 in grants to 29 public libraries including LaSalle’s and Oglesby’s. LaSalle Public Library was awarded $15,000 and Oglesby, $11,000 through the Project Next Generation grant. The Fiscal ...Read more
LASALLE – Illinois Speed Awareness Day is Wednesday. The Illinois State Police is taking a proactive approach to promote safety for motorists, pedestrians, and cyclists through both education and enforcement. Troopers will be out in force focusing on speed violations during this time. In ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed two laws aimed at protecting young immigrants in Illinois, including those whose parents are deported. One law extends the time a child can have a short-term guardian if their parents are detained or deported by federal immigration ...Read more
PEORIA – The Perry Memorial Hospital Board has voted to recommend to the City of Princeton that it begin a process to consider a variety of partnership options with OSF HealthCare. Perry Memorial Hospital and OSF HealthCare have had a relationship for nearly 50 years, with Perry Memorial ...Read more
DEER GROVE – A GoFundMe account was created to support the family of a Deer Grove man who was electrocuted last week. 48-year-old Shannon Pierceson was working on an irrigator in a field in Deer Grove last week Wednesday when he was electrocuted. He was taken to CGH Medical Center in ...Read more
STREATOR – A Monday afternoon house fire in Streator damaged a home, but no injuries were reported. According to the Streator Fire Department, they were called to a home in the 300 block of LaSalle Street around 5 PM for smoke in a home. When they arrived, the occupants were able to escape ...Read more
STREATOR – A business in the 2300 block of North Bloomington Street reported on Monday that a rental vehicle was stolen. Streator Police say that the vehicle was not returned and they are asking the public for help in locating a blue Ford Fiesta with Illinois plates STA RSL4. If anyone ...Read more
OGLESBY – Two men are in the LaSalle County Jail after a controlled purchase operation by the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team. On Monday afternoon they, along with the LaSalle Police were operating in the 300 block of Civic Road in LaSalle and began an investigation into ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say a man has died following an apparent explosion involving fireworks in Chicago. Police responded Monday afternoon to the city’s South Side and found a 53-year-old man unresponsive with a head injury. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A preliminary ...Read more
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — Indiana conservation officers say a man pulled from Lake Michigan has died. They say 25-year-old Christian Rosete of Michigan City died at a hospital Sunday night. Officers say Rosete was pulled from the lake near Washington Park Beach in Michigan City on Saturday ...Read more
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