OTTAWA – Ottawa Township High School graduate, Cody Marko, is the 2022 recipient of the Don Morehead Community Service Scholarship. The $1,000 award will assist Marko’s higher education goals. He will attend Northern Illinois University in the fall, where he will pursue a degree in ...Read more
FRANKLIN GROVE – A teen is dead and two other teens are injured after a UTV crash in rural Lee County. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office say that on Thursday afternoon they were called to rural Franklin Grove for the crash. Authorities say it appears the UTV lost control, rolled and ...Read more
UNDATED – Since Monday, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline has increased by nine cents, and Illinoisans can expect to pay five dollars or more per gallon filling up this weekend. The AAA says gasoline demand grew as drivers fueled up for Memorial Day weekend ...Read more
President Joe Biden delivered a prime-time nationwide address from the White House on Thursday evening, calling for Congress to ban assault weapons and implement stricter gun laws in the wake of several mass shootings in the United States. Biden said in part: “We need to ban assault ...Read more
Tulsa, Oklahoma police say that the motive of the alleged hospital shooter was to kill the doctor who performed back surgery on him “and anyone else who got in his way.” Tulsa police Chief Wendell Franklin said during a live-streamed press conference Thursday that the gunman, ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Unemployment rates throughout the state continue to go on a downward trend as more participate in the workforce, according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security. DCEO Director Sylvia I. Garcia, “As job numbers in key industries such as manufacturing and ...Read more
STREATOR – Two juveniles were arrested after an investigation into an alleged armed robbery in Streator. On Tuesday afternoon, Streator Police were called to the 300 Block of East 1st St for a report of an armed robbery involving a firearm. Two male juveniles were arrested and the ...Read more
OTTAWA – Christine Pozzi will be the new Public Health Administrator for the LaSalle County Health Department. She began her career with the department in 1992. Serving in a number of roles, she was promoted to Environmental Health Division Director in 2016. Chris Pozzi replaces ...Read more
On Wednesday, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., ordered that John Hinckley Jr. — the attempted assassin of former President Ronald Reagan in 1981 — will be released from psychiatric supervision later this month. Hinckley completed a nine-month observation period ordered in September, and ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Bird lovers may resume using backyard feeders and baths again, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources advised yesterday. The IDNR originally recommended the use of bird feeders and bird baths be suspended in response to the avian influenza in the state. With the annual ...Read more
