STREATOR – A former NBA player will be speaking at Streator Township High School on Wednesday to talk about his journey through addiction. Chris Herren, who played with the Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics, will discuss his long term recovery from addiction since 2008 and talk about ...Read more
CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced the Consumer Financial Protection and Innovation Package, a pair of legislative bills designed to protect residents from financial fraud and establish oversight of cryptocurrencies and digital assets. The ...Read more
TROY GROVE – A single vehicle crash requiring heavy extrication left one man with life-threatening injuries Saturday. Around 3:45 PM LaSalle County Deputies were called to the area of East 4th and North 3850th Road near Troy Grove. Multiple fire departments were summoned to the scene for ...Read more
LASALLE-PERU – An L-P High School Sophomore will be representing the area as a National Youth Correspondent in Washington D.C. at George Mason University. Cassidy Baker will join a select group of students from across the country this July for a study of journalism and media. Baker ...Read more
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College’s Wind Ensemble will perform a concert on Thursday. The performance will include the music of Malcolm Arnold, Jonathan Dagenais, Charles Ives, Claude T. Smith, John Philip Sousa and Omar Thomas. Under the direction of conductor ...Read more
PEORIA – A 19-year-old Peoria man is facing a number of charges after a shooting investigation in Peoria. The Peoria Police Department say on Friday afternoon their Special Investigations Division located a vehicle of interest they say was connected to an incident earlier where multiple ...Read more
DEKALB – A DeKalb man is facing murder charges after allegedly shooting another man Thursday evening. The DeKalb Police Department say that 34-year-old Deaundre Brooks was dropped off at Northwestern Medicine-Kishwaukee Hospital with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. He was airlifted ...Read more
OTTAWA – An early Saturday morning vehicle fire in Ottawa spread to an adjacent residence. Around 3:30 AM the Ottawa Fire Department was called to the 1400 block of Pickwick Street for a vehicle they discovered fully engulfed in flames. The fire reportedly spread to a residence, but ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs will commemorate the 32nd anniversary of the Operation Desert Storm Cease-Fire on Tuesday in Springfield. Operation Desert Storm began in 1991 after Iraq President Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of ...Read more
OTTAWA – OSF HealthCare Saint Elizabeth Medical Center in Ottawa will host a community blood drive with ImpactLife on Tuesday, February 28, from 7:30 a.m. – noon in meeting room 1. ImpactLife is the only provider of blood and blood components to OSF Saint Elizabeth, the ...Read more
