OTTAWA – The identity of an Ottawa woman who died in an apartment fire has been released, along with the cause of the blaze. The LaSalle County Coroner’s Office says 39-year-old Rendelle Farrell perished from smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide intoxication as a result of the ...Read more
SPRING VALLEY – A grass fire in a ditch in Bureau County Monday afternoon was battled by four fire departments. Around 2:45 PM the Spring Valley Fire Department was called to the scene of multiple blazes spread along a mile of the road known as Marquette Bottom Road. Ladd, Peru and Depue ...Read more
CHICAGO — The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, leaders in Illinois’ film industry, and state leaders have announced Illinois’ soaring film production expenditures with a record-breaking $691 million for 2022 – a $131 million increase from the ...Read more
STERLING – A pedestrian was struck and killed by a car in Whiteside County on Sunday night. The Sterling Police Department say the individual was struck around 10:15 PM by a vehicle driven by a 23-year-old Sterling man in the 1800 Block of West Lincolnway. Authorities say the ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Most of northern Illinois is devoted to corn and soybean production, so it is no surprise that LaSalle County is fourth on the list in the state of corn producing counties. Illinois leads the nation in Soybean production and is only second behind Iowa in corn. McLean ...Read more
LASALLE – The city of LaSalle is considering air quality testing with its third party environmentalist on homes affected by the Carus chemical fire. According to Deputy City Clerk Brent Bader, Brownfield Environmental Engineering has consulted with Indoor Sciences, an ...Read more
STREATOR – The city of Streator is participating in a new opioid settlement against pharmaceutical distributors including Teva, Allergan, CVS, Walmart, and Walgreens. According to the Edelson Law Firm, the new settlements are similar to the prior opioid settlement agreements, which ...Read more
FAIRBURY – Two teens from Livingston County are dead after a sledding incident in Colorado. The Summit County Sheriff’s Office say around 8:30 PM the teens were on the same sled that launched off a large snowbank and came down on an area of hard ice, causing significant injury. Despite ...Read more
OTTAWA – An Ottawa woman is dead as a result of an apartment fire in Ottawa, according to the LaSalle County Coroner’s Office. Coroner Richard Ploch says, 39-year-old Rendelle Farrell of Ottawa died of smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide intoxication as a result of the March ...Read more
MORRIS – An exercise to test emergency response plans for the area surrounding the Dresden Nuclear Power Station in Morris is scheduled for next week. Emergency response personnel from the state of Illinois, Grundy County, Kendall County, Will County and others will participate in the ...Read more
