Local Headlines

EARLVILLE- A Tuesday morning house fire brought multiple area fire departments into Earlville to battle the blaze.   Before 11 AM departments responded to a fire in the 100 Block of Church Street.   Earlville, Paw Paw, Mendota, Shabbona and Leland Fire Departments began battling the fire, which

OTTAWA – With the deadline for taxes come and gone the Internal Revenue Service is warning everyone once again that scammers will be hard at work trying to swindle people. You should always know that calls claiming you owe money or face arrest are always a scam and you should hang up the

TONICA – A Streator man was arrested after a motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian in Tonica Saturday evening.  The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office says they were dispatched to the 100 block of Tonica around 6:30 Saturday evening for a motor vehicle accident involving a

OGLESBY – For the second straight year, IV Leader, the student newspaper at Illinois Valley Community College, was awarded the Mike Foster Award for General Excellence, the highest award presented, at the Illinois Community College Journalism Association annual spring conference. Sophomore

STREATOR – A student organized gathering on the campus of Streator High School Friday morning was held in part to honor the anniversary of the Columbine shooting nineteen years ago. Superintendent Matt Seaton said the student organizers had been working with administration for about a week

OTTAWA – School district staff and the police were involved in an investigation last week at an area elementary school over an alleged threat, but they determined it wasn’t credible. Last Friday Ottawa Police were notified by a School Resource Officer at Ottawa Shepherd Middle School

SPRING VALLEY – A crash that delayed traffic on Interstate-80 near the RT-89 Interchange on Wednesday had no injuries, but did occupy one lane Eastbound for three hours. According to the Illinois State Police an Atlanta, Georgia man was driving a tractor trailer loaded with 22,000 lbs of

SENECA – The Seneca Police Department reported on Wednesday that a resident had received an unsolicited call from an apparent scammer.   The resident stated that the caller wanted information in order to get the resident a new Social Security Card.    Authorities would like to remind

SUBLETTE – On Tuesday morning several burglaries were reported to the Lee County Sheriff’s Department.  According to authorities someone entered a garage through an unlocked door in the area of Green Wing Road and Shady Oaks Road near Sublette. Items were taken from the garage and from

MARSEILLES – The Marseilles Fire Department and Marseilles Ambulance are working with the American Red Cross and the Marseilles Rotary to install smoke detectors at no charge to residents inside and outside the city. For information on the program they ask that you call the Fire Department