NEPONSET – The Bradford man who was killed in a rural Bureau County crash has been identified. The Bureau County Sheriff’s Office say around 5 AM Tuesday a vehicle was traveling east on Kentville road near Neponset when for unknown reasons it left the roadway and came to rest in a field. The ...Read more
PERU – Six local teens from the ILVY Dolphins Swim Team are heading to the National Swim meet in Greensboro, North Carolina this week. Peyton, Caden, Joey, Owen, Nolan, and Luke will be swimming a total of 20 events throughout next week. They all will also swim time trials through ...Read more
OTTAWA – An inmate facing drug and weapons charges has died after being found hanging in his cell Tuesday, in what authorities describe as a suicide attempt. Around 2 PM jail staff during a check discovered the incident and began life saving measures on 45-year-old Christopher K. ...Read more
STREATOR – Poco a Poco, the student-based music program, and festival is now taking applications for their next extravaganza this summer. This year’s festival week is June 18 through the 25. Special events will include a faculty concert (Poco a Poco’s first-ever International ...Read more
MENDOTA – The students involved in the Mendota High School Fine Arts Department are busy rehearsing their next production, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Dancing, music, and adventure awaits the stage at the Mendota High School Auditorium as a tale about a magical evening and pair ...Read more
In a press statement, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that the U.S. government “assesses that members of Russia’s armed forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine.” Blinken said since launching “his unprovoked and unjust war of choice” ...Read more
Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as the U.S. secretary of state, died Wednesday at age 84. Her family confirmed in a statement that Albright died of cancer, adding that she was surrounded by family and friends at the time of her passing. The statement read: “We have lost a ...Read more
CHICAGO – LaSalle County gas prices are fairing cheapest in North Central Illinois according to the American Automobile Association. Area county gas prices surrounding LaSalle are averaging at least ten cents higher at around $4.50 cents per gallon, still steady with prices ...Read more
The NYPD said on Tuesday that the woman suspected of shoving a beloved Broadway voice coach, causing her to suffer fatal injuries, has turned herself in. 26-year-old Lauren Pazienza of Port Jefferson on Long Island has been charged with manslaughter in the death of 87-year-old Barbara Maier ...Read more
White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced Tuesday that she tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time in five months. In preparation for traveling with President Biden to Europe, Psaki said she took a polymerase chain reaction test Tuesday morning, which was positive. Per guidance ...Read more
