OTTAWA – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Rock Island District will temporarily close the Illinois Waterway Visitor Center in Ottawa on Monday. The temporary closure at the Starved Rock Lock and Dam is the result of
CHICAGO – Unemployment rates are on the rise in the area. The unemployment rate for August in LaSalle County was at 5.4 percent, which is up a tenth of a percent compared to last month. Both Bureau
LASALLE – A passenger in a loaded yogurt truck was injured in a two vehicle accident in Bureau County Thursday morning. According to Illinois State Police just after 10 a.m., a tractor-trailer operated by 54-year-old James Johnson
OTTAWA – Raising awareness and fighting a preventable disease is the message being spread Friday on World Rabies Day. The LaSalle County Health Department and organizations nationwide are helping spread the word on a disease that kills
CHICAGO (AP) — Police say a Chicago mother tried to drown her 3-year-old son after posting on social media that the child was dead. Celeste T. Christian is being held without bail on attempted murder charges and
PRINCETON – The Princeton School Board opened up a forum to propose a new middle school facility and renovations to existing schools. Superintendent Tim Smith presented the phases of the overall project to abate asbestos and
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Those who want to get a jump on the November election need not wait. Early voting in Illinois begins Thursday across the state. But voters will have to visit their county clerk’s office
CHICAGO (AP) — Lawyers for a white Chicago police officer who shot black teenager Laquan McDonald to death in 2014 are scheduled to call more witnesses as they defend him against murder and other charges. Thursday will
SPRING VALLEY – The Bureau County Emergency Management Agency will be simulating a tornado disaster in the area and coordinating mock evacuations of health care facilities. The exercise will start at 8 a.m. and run until 2
OTTAWA – An Ottawa man was charged and arrested for multiple retail thefts in Kendall County. According to the U.S Marshals Great Lakes Fugitive Task Force, the Ottawa Police and the Kendall County Sheriffs Office, 20-year-old Isaac
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