OGLESBY – The women’s basketball coach at Illinois Valley Community College to step down. Tom Ptak announced he is stepping down as Illinois Valley Community College women’s basketball coach after six seasons. Ptak led the 2016-17 team that included Daniela Pavlovich, Hannah Wolfe ...Read more
STREATOR – An apartment fire in Streator Saturday morning had five escape the home without injury, including a baby caught by a police officer after being dropped from a second story window. The Streator Fire Department was called around 8 AM to an apartment in the 400 block of Richards ...Read more
MENDOTA- Certified Car Seat Installers were busy assisting residents in making sure their loved ones were secure during a car seat safety check at the Mendota Fire Department on Saturday. Mendota Police along with Peru Police were on hand inspecting and re-installing car seats. New rules ...Read more
OTTAWA- The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday that nine men have been charged with solicitation after a multi-year investigation into prostitution and drugs in the area. During the investigation involving the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office, Peru Police, Ottawa Police and ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The teenage parents of a newborn left atop a trash can in Chicago are facing attempted murder charges and a grandmother of the child is accused of lying to police about finding the baby. Chicago police say the 16-year-old mother and 17-year-old father are expected to appear ...Read more
WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois mother and father have pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the beating death of their 5-year-old son. JoAnn Cunningham and Andrew Freund Sr. of Crystal Lake appeared in McHenry County court Friday, the day after a 30-page grand jury indictment was handed ...Read more
The Starved Rock Marathon will be occurring this Saturday, May 11th. The park road will be closed to traffic from 7:20-7:45 a.m. The eastern canyon parking lots at Illinois, Ottawa, and Kaskaskia will be closed during the marathon. Due to the heavy rains earlier this week the Illinois River is ...Read more
DEKALB – The Dekalb Police Department reported investigating multiple vehicle burglaries over the past couple of weeks. Authorities say the burglaries were reported at various locations within the city. The weather is warming up which brings more foot traffic to both the downtown area and ...Read more
MENDOTA – An electronic recycling event will be held in Mendota later this year. LaSalle County Board approved the event to be held on August 3, from 9am until noon. The event is open to all LaSalle County residents but there will be a $25 fee for monitors and televisions. The board also ...Read more
SYCAMORE – Four inmates at the DeKalb County Jail were charged with robbery and aggravated battery, Thursday. According to DeKalb County Sheriff’s, on Sunday an inmate was battered and robbed by four others, allegedly taking belongings from the victim while in the cell block. An ...Read more
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