Local Headlines

OTTAWA – LaSalle County Board declared August 25-31 Overdose Awareness Week. Lori Brown, of Buddy’s Purpose, an organization that seeks to bring awareness to overdoses and to comfort those who have lost loved ones to overdoses, spoke to the board on Thursday about her organization. Brown ...Read more

MENDOTA – A 47-year-old man from West Chicago was shot in the leg with non-life threatening injuries on Saturday night in Mendota.  The Mendota Police Department say the injury took place near 5th Avenue and 6th Street and was an isolated event unrelated to any other reported incidents.  ...Read more

STREATOR – One man is in custody after a reported stabbing with what authorities described as a ‘Rambo’ style knife in South Streator on Wednesday. The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office say around 4 AM they were called to the Carriage Lane Estates and found a victim ...Read more

MENDOTA- The Mendota Police Department announced Thursday that they have investigated a purported threat on social media by a 17-year-old allegedly targeting this weekends Mendota Sweet Corn Festival.   The teen, who was residing in the Chicago area, is being sought by multiple agencies, ...Read more

SENECA – The next art installation on the Silos Pathway Legacy Project will be coming to Seneca. North Central Illinois ARTworks announced a mural depicting the history of Seneca will be installed in the 300 block of North Main Street adjacent to an existing Schlitz beer sign. The piece ...Read more

MENDOTA – The 72nd Annual Mendota Sweet Corn Festival kicks off today with a “Special Afternoon for Special Kids”, a private event for children with special needs and their families to enjoy the carnival from 3:30-5:30 PM. Prior registration will be required through the Mendota ...Read more

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — The father of a slain Chinese scholar who begged his daughter’s killer to reveal what he did with her remains said Wednesday that after learning her dismembered body might be in plastic bags buried in a landfill under mounds of garbage, he understood that his family ...Read more

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s “very strongly” considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who is serving a 14-year prison term on multiple federal corruption convictions. Trump suggested more than a year ago that he was ...Read more

OTTAWA – Ottawa’s fire department received new equipment that’s said to improve a cardiac arrest victims chances of survival outside a hospital. James Less, Comissioner of Public Safety, announced the department secured seven  automatic external defibrillators through the federal ...Read more

OTTAWA – Plans were finalized and approved for Thornton Park improvements. On Tuesday night, the city council approved the master plan for the park that would include upgrades like a splash pad and pickle ball courts. The city is applying for an Open Space Land Acquisition and Development ...Read more