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  OTTAWA – Two women were arrested following an investigation into illegal narcotics sales in Ottawa on Friday. According to the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team, 28-year-old Ashley N. Gaines and 20-year-old Alivia J. Stachowiak, both of Ottawa, were arrested for possession ...Read more

OTTAWA – LaSalle County’s Emergency Management Association will have a public meeting on the updates of the LaSalle County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan. On Thursday, February 6th at 3:30 pm in Ottawa, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources will be presenting on floodplain ...Read more

PERU – No injuries were reported after an early Saturday morning fire in Peru.   Police Officer Nick Biagioni, who also serves the City of Peru as a part-time firefighter, spotted the blaze while on patrol.  According to Peru Fire Chief Jeff King, a mutual aid box alarm was sounded and ...Read more

OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of recent residential burglaries. According to officials, several reports were made involving two to three Hispanic male subjects in which one comes to the residence and advises the occupant that there is a problem that ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is accepting applications for its 2020 scholarship program.53 academic scholarships will be awarded to current and former youth in care for the upcoming school year with four awards reserved for children of veterans. ...Read more

OTTAWA – LaSalle County’s Emergency Management Association will have a public meeting on the updates of the LaSalle County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan. On Thursday, February 6th at 3:30 pm in Ottawa, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources will be presenting on floodplain ...Read more

  PRINCETON – A Spring Valley man charged with murder will have one more pretrial hearing in February. 37-year-old Eddie L. Mentgen is charged with first-degree murder for his alleged involvement in the April 2019 homicide of 28-year-old Marissa Roberts. On Friday at the Bureau County ...Read more

  PRINCETON – A Spring Valley man charged with murder will have one more pretrial hearing in February. 37-year-old Eddie L. Mentgen is charged with first-degree murder for his alleged involvement in the April 2019 homicide of 28-year-old Marissa Roberts. On Friday at the Bureau County ...Read more

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman has become the second U.S. patient diagnosed with the new pneumonia-like virus from China. Health officials say woman returned from a trip to China on Jan. 13 without showing any signs of illness, but a few days later she called her doctor to report feeling sick. ...Read more

CHICAGO (AP) — A 7-year prison sentence has been handed the operator of Chicago convenience store who sold illegal synthetic marijuana laced with rat poisoning. Fouad Masoud pleaded guilty last year to selling the illegal substance from his King Mini Mart on Chicago’s West Side. In sentencing ...Read more