Local Headlines

  OGLESBY – Parkman’s Plain Parking Lot at Starved Rock State Park is now open. Visitors to Starved Rock State Park can now enjoy an updated parking lot at Parkman’s Plain or LaSalle Canyon along route 71 on the eastern edge of the park. According to IDNR Coordinator Lisa

UNDATED – No injuries were reported after a wrong way driver crashed his vehicle into a Woodford County Sheriff Deputy’s vehicle on Thursday morning. According to the Woodford County Sheriff’s Department, at 4 a.m. they received calls of a wrong way driver on I-39, reported to

  OTTAWA – A woman is in custody after a residential burglary in Ottawa on Monday. According to the Ottawa Police Department at 7:30 p.m. they were called to the 200 block of Cactus Street for a report of residential burglary where medication was reportedly taken. After further

  SPRINGFIELD –  Beginning next year, it will be illegal for Illinoisans to have a child in the car while smoking. Last week, Governor J.B Pritzker signed a bill, effective June 2020, that would make smoking in a car while a child under 18 is present, a violation. The petty offense

MENDOTA – Sixth and Sixth Avenue in Mendota is blooming with flowers, all thanks to the garden club community. Marion Quintana dug her roots into a 26 hour project that lasted four days to create a flowery mural that graces the El Rey Taco joint wall. Garden Club President Steve Lauer

  MANLIUS – A student is in custody after the Bureau Valley School District received notification of alleged threats to their high school. According to a post from Bureau Valley School District officials, the threat came from a student who was not on school grounds. The

  PEOTONE – A Florida man has been charged after authorities seized over sixteen hundred fraudulent Yeti thermos bottles at the Will County Fairgrounds on Friday. According to the Will County Sheriff’s Department, On Thursday deputies were working at the Will County Fairgrounds

SENECA – A Seneca man was arrested after a late Sunday night incident about a man allegedly pointing a gun at people.   According to the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office before midnight Sunday they were called to the 2400 block of East 29th Road, where they took 33-year-old Daniel Feldt

LASALLE – LaSalle City Council held public comment at Monday night’s meeting to discuss food trucks in the city. Members of the public came out to voice their opinions regarding potential amendments to ordinances that would allow food trucks. Although many expressed their support for the

SPRING VALLEY – Spring Valley is looking into taxing Walmart for its proposed solar garden. Recently, the Walmart Distribution Center notified the city that they are planning to build a 15-acre solar farm. In a council meeting on Monday night, concerns of utility tax loss were addressed