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OTTAWA – Ottawa Police have discovered counterfeit currency in use in the area. They are asking the publics help in scrutinizing the bills, which have been found in all denominations. In a release posted online yesterday, they noted that the bills will feel different and they will

EARLVILLE – Authorities report a 30-year-old man from Triumph has died and one man was injured after a pedestrian vs vehicle accident south of Earlville. A little after 6 PM Sunday a call came from East 12th Road near Route 34. According to reports, 70-year-old Kenneth J Kuefler of Aurora was

LASALLE – Quick action by firefighters kept a fire early Sunday morning from consuming an entire block of Downtown LaSalle.  Firemen arrived at the 900 block of First Street around 7:30 to find a three-story building engulfed in flames. Firefighters from 10 area departments attacked the blaze

EARLVILLE – Authorities report one person has died following a pedestrian vs vehicle accident south of Earlville. A little after 6 PM the call came in on Sunday evening. The Illinois State Police, LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office And Earlville Police are on the scene and no other details

CHICAGO (AP) — One of Chicago’s most powerful labor leaders before he was indicted on federal charges of extorting $325,000 from a film studio in the city has been banished from the Teamsters Union. Records that show International Brotherhood of Teamsters President James P. Hoffa approved

A scholarship has been created with the Illinois Valley Community College Foundation to honor the memory of former Princeton High School teacher and coach Randy Swinford who died Oct. 25 at age 64 after battling cancer. His widow and high school sweetheart, Lani Frandsen Swinford, created the

OTTAWA – Three people from Michigan were arrested after police stopped what appeared to be a theft of rims and tires from new vehicles at a dealership in Ottawa. Early Tuesday morning according to the Ottawa Police Department officers spotted a suspicious vehicle parked at Bill Walsh

Authorities say they arrested a Putnam County man in connection with the death of a Spring Valley Teen.  At a press conference today, Putnam County Sheriff’s Officials say 26 year old Richard A. Henderson, of Standard, was arrested and charged with Concealment of a Homicidal Death. 

OTTAWA – The LaSalle, Marshall & Putnam Regional Spelling Bee will be held on Saturday at the Ottawa Township High School Auditorium at 9:00 AM. The 58th Annual Spelling Bee is open to the public and admission is free. Thirty eight school district winners will be competing for the

OGLESBY – An Aurora man is in the Kane County Jail after a Tri-Dent investigation last fall into cocaine being delivered to LaSalle County. In a press release, the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team announced an arrest on Friday of 26-year-old Derrick R. Aquino Jr of Aurora. He was