CHICAGO – Local gas prices dropped by over a dime after a year-end spike during the holidays. According to the American Automobile Association, increased total domestic stocks of gasoline have helped to ease pump prices. LaSalle, Bureau and Putnam all share the same gas price of ...Read more
CHICAGO – Local unemployment rates increased by 1% or more as 2019 came to a close. According to the Illinois Department of Employment and Security, during December, LaSalle County’s unemployment rate increased by a percentage, now at 5.3%. Bureau County falls right under ...Read more
PONTIAC – The Illinois Department of Public Health along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are reporting the second confirmed case of 2019 novel coronavirus in Illinois. According to the Livingston County Health Department, the individual is a man in his 60s and is the ...Read more
LASALLE – Six LaSalle-Peru Township High School students are participating in the Illinois Music Educators Association’s state-level performances through Saturday. Fred Davis, Emma Anderson, Catherine Engels, Aubrey Garretson, Reid Rynke and Quinn Pleskovitch will perform alongside ...Read more
UTICA – A search for a missing Ottawa woman is in its second week and authorities say it could last until the weather turns before she is found. Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation Police Sergeant Phil Wire says the recovery operation for 45-year-old Tina Donovan continues ...Read more
UPDATED: https://www.wglc.net/marseilles-woman-charged-for-making-false-report/ MARSEILLES – A suspicious person is being sought after a resident complained of an unusual interaction with a visitor at her door on Tuesday night in Marseilles. According to the ...Read more
OGLESBY – The full Illinois Valley Community College Board is expected to consider a third year of no tuition increases in a meeting next month. Last week the board’s audit finance committee also recommended that high school students enrolled in any IVCC online course pay just 75 ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House of Representatives adopted a resolution on Tuesday and introduced a bill that would create a domestic violence task force. The House Resolution is in honor of 18-month-old Colton Micheal Miller who was fatally shot by his father in late September in ...Read more
LASALLE – Two Boy Scouts from Troop 720 in LaSalle attended Monday night’s city council meeting. 12-year-old Ian Shelton and 13-year-old Thomas McDunnin are on their way to getting a merit badge in citizenship for their sashes. Troop leader Dave Pytel says the boys are ...Read more
PERU – A fundraiser organized by a Peru five-year-old resulted in a donation of toys to the Peru Primary Care medical practice and OSF Children’s Hospital in Peoria. According to Illinois Valley Community Hospital, Charlotte Hughes, a kindergarten student at Northview School, is a Peru ...Read more
