STREATOR – Streator Township High School’s auditorium renovations are moving along and board members are predicting an opening day by next Spring. At Tuesday night’s board meeting, Architect Brice Alt, presented various samples of finishes and material that will be used for ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department is recruiting participants in an tick collection initiative. The Illinois Tick Inventory Collaboration Network program engages citizens in helping to gather data on ticks using collection kits. The department encourages anyone whose work or ...Read more
AVON – A man is accused of shooting and killing a Fulton County Deputy, who responded to a battery and disturbance call on Tuesday in Avon. After a nearly 19 hour stand off, 42-year-old Nathan Woodring of Avon was taken into custody just after 8 a.m. on Wednesday. According to the ...Read more
UTICA – Two people were Life Flighted from the scene of an accident after a single vehicle roll-over Tuesday night. According to the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to an accident just after 6pm around 3 miles northeast of Utica on Tuesday. Authorities say both ...Read more
UTICA – Two people were Life Flighted from the scene of an accident after a single vehicle roll-over Tuesday night. According to the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to an accident just after 6pm around 3 miles northeast of Utica on Tuesday. Authorities say both ...Read more
UTICA – Two people were Life Flighted from the scene of an accident after a single vehicle roll-over Tuesday night. According to the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to an accident just after 6pm around 3 miles northeast of Utica on Tuesday. Authorities say both ...Read more
AVON – A Fulton County sheriff’s deputy died Tuesday after being fatally wounded while responding to a reported battery and disturbance in Avon. Fulton County Sheriff Jeff Standard said in a news release by the Illinois State Police, that at 2 p.m Deputy Troy Chisum responded to the ...Read more
LIVINGSTON CO. – A former Pontiac man is charged with child pornography offenses. According to the Illinois State Police, on Monday 27-year-old Jay R. Pitchford previously of Pontiac was arrested on a felony warrant for offenses of Child Pornography in Surprise, Arizona. Pitchford ...Read more
LASALLE – Governor J.B. Pritzker’s new law raising the state’s tobacco purchasing age to 21 takes effect the first of July, and one local smoke shop is worried about business. Manager Jazsmin Farley of Boss Vapes in LaSalle says, 20 percent of her customer base is in the age ...Read more
DIXON – Construction work on I-39 at Beemerville Road, 3 miles south of US Route 30, will begin on Wednesday, weather permitting. The project consists of cleaning and painting the steel on the structure carrying Beemerville Road over I-39. lane closures will be required for I-39 northbound ...Read more
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