STREATOR – The usage of ATVs, golf carts and dirt bikes within city limits are back on the discussion board for Streator officials. It was recently reported last week by the Streator Neighborhood Watch that two people on 4-wheelers were seen driving recklessly throughout the city, ...Read more
AMBOY – The names of the two teens killed in a Saturday crash in Lee County have been released. Authorities say 14-year-old Caylee Krug and 14-year-old Brecken Kooy, both of Dixon were killed when a vehicle driven by a 19-year-old Dixon man struck a tree near Amboy. The driver and another ...Read more
EARLVILLE – An Earlville Police officer who was involved in a crash during a pursuit over the weekend is recovering at home after being taken to a Rockford hospital. Officer Jesus Alonzo, a part time officer, fractured two vertebrae in his neck and suffered a concussion and other minor ...Read more
OTTAWA – No COVID-19 related deaths were reported by the LaSalle County Health Department on Tuesday. The LCHD did confirm 42 new cases of coronavirus, however. There have now been a total of 11,701 cases since the pandemic began with 9,781 of those recovered. 26 of those recoveries were ...Read more
STREATOR – A Shelty dog that has been missing in the Granville and Streator area for weeks is finally reunited with her owners. After five weeks of efforts made by residents, the LaSalle, Livingston County, and Streator Animal Control, two-year-old Sophie is safe in the arms of her ...Read more
STREATOR – A Sheltie dog that has been missing from Granville for weeks is finally reunited with her owners. After five weeks of efforts made by residents, the LaSalle, Livingston County, and Streator Animal Control, two-year-old Sophie is safe in the arms of her Granville ...Read more
UNDATED – The U.S. is recommending a “pause” in the administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots. In a joint statement Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug ...Read more
PERU – Some Peru residents owe thousands in unpaid utility bills and officials are strongly encouraging them to pay their debt. Peru Alderman Jim Lukosus says the delinquent utility accounts rack up a total near $70,000 owed. Lukosus says a third of those on the delinquent list have not ...Read more
OTTAWA – 39 new cases of COVID-19 were reported throughout LaSalle County on Monday. This totals 11,659 positive cases the county has seen since the pandemic began. 10 more recovered cases were confirmed as well, for a total of 9,755 throughout the county. New Cases include: Male, youth ...Read more
MORRIS – State Senate Republican Deputy Leader Sue Rezin is co-sponsoring the People’s Independent Maps Act, which gives an independent commission the power to create Illinois legislative redistricting maps. Senate Bill 1325, uses identical language from the bipartisan SJRCA 0004, which ...Read more
