PONTIAC – Multiple fire departments were on the scene Saturday of a large fire in the 300 block of North Chicago Street in Pontiac. According to the Reading Fire Department, a warehouse behind a furniture store was fully engulfed around noon. The four alarm fire brought Streator, ...Read more
MENDOTA – The Mendota Rotary Club gifted thesauruses to Lincoln School Students on Friday. The pupils were given the books as a way to help grow, broaden, expand, bolster, and fill out their vocabulary. The third grade learners were issued copies of the publication as a present from ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Illinoisans no longer need to visit Driver Services facilities to purchase their driving records due to a new program launched by Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White. Motorists may now purchase a copy of their driving record online by visiting ...Read more
OTTAWA – Illinois Valley PADS in Ottawa is running short on lunch items. According to the homeless shelter, they are packing 62 lunches a day and are running scarce of items to pack. You can make a donation at the shelter located on 1120 Canal Street, before 9 a.m. Saturday or at Lily Pads ...Read more
OTTAWA – An Ottawa Sheppard student will be competing in the 9th annual Illinois Elementary School Association Golf State Tournament in Peoria this weekend. 7th grade student-athlete Payton Bruck, will tee off at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday at the Kellogg Gold Course for an 18-hole round, ...Read more
CONCORD TWP – A construction worker was struck by a vehicle in a construction zone in Concord Township on Thursday. According to the Bureau County Sheriff’s Department, a 78-year-old Tampico woman was traveling north bound on Route 40, when she allegedly struck a construction worker ...Read more
MENDOTA- The Mendota Fire Department and EMS were called to the water plant by Lake Mendota at noon on Friday for a reported chemical spill. Personnel stated they had a barrel that contained liquid permanganate, an oxidizer, that is used in the water treatment process leaking. Carus Chemical ...Read more
OTTAWA – A man accused of a number of smash and grab burglaries around downtown Mendota has had his bond set at $100,000. The Mendota Police Department say 54-year-old Craig J. Hynes allegedly broke windows of multiple businesses over the last few weeks and took various items. He is ...Read more
YORKVILLE – A Kendall County man was arrested Thursday and charged with 10 felonies involving child pornography. In July of 2019, the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office began an investigation into an online user who allegedly was in possession of child pornography. After they identified ...Read more
OTTAWA – The man Mendota Police say committed multiple smash and grab burglaries will have a bond hearing on Friday morning in Ottawa. The LaSalle County Jail says that 54-year-old Craig J. Hynes remains in their custody for now. Hynes has been charged with two counts of burglary ...Read more
