UNDATED – There’s been an uptick in county unemployment rates for the month of August according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security. LaSalle County once at a 5.8% rate last month has increased in unemployment now at 6.3%. Bureau and Putnam County rates ...Read more
LOSTANT – Two people were injured, one of them seriously in a three vehicle crash Friday on I-39. The Lostant Fire Department reports they were called around 11:30 AM to southbound I-39 near milepost 44 for a tractor-trailer, car and SUV collision that caused the SUV to rollover into a ...Read more
PERU – LaSalle-Peru Township High School put out a statement over the weekend regarding fan behavior at athletic events. In a letter to the community by Superintendent Dr. Steven R. Wrobleski, he expressed his disappointment in the actions that he witnessed on Friday at the football ...Read more
OTTAWA – Every season the flu sickens millions of people in the U.S., hospitalizes hundreds of thousands, and kills tens of thousands. This season, in addition to flu, the area continues to battle COVID-19. The LaSalle County Health Department has received its first shipment of flu vaccine and ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health is adopting the CDC’s recommendation for a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for certain individuals. The CDC advises people 65 years and older and residents in long-term care settings and people aged 18–64 years ...Read more
LASALLE – Mendota Trojans Boys Soccer dominated 5-0 at LP Cavaliers stomping grounds Thursday evening. It was a shutout game for Trojans Goalie Manny Trejo and the 100th goal for the unstoppable Senior Yahir Diaz. Coach Nick Myers says the boys are now 15-0 with four games ...Read more
SOMONAUK – A 22-year-old Somonauk man is facing child pornography charges after an investigation by the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office. On Wednesday morning authorities executed a search warrant and took Luis D. Salinas into custody. He was charged with two counts of possession of ...Read more
CHICAGO – A lawsuit being filed on behalf of the three men killed in an explosion at Starved Rock State Park claims that undetonated charges were the cause of the blast. The firm of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, P.C. in a press release Thursday say the men made a campfire to cook ...Read more
MARSEILLES – One man is facing a gun charge after allegedly shooting towards another motorist. The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office say they were called Monday night to East 24th Road, about three miles north of Marseilles, and took 33-year-old Shawn M. O’Donnell into custody. The ...Read more
STREATOR – Streator High School’s District Board is preparing to hire their next Superintendent. The application process is open to interested individuals and the deadline to apply is October 15th. Education consultants with the School Exec Connect consulting firm ...Read more
