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MORRIS – Grundy County Coroner John W. Callahan’s Office has released the name of the woman who died Wednesday evening on Route 47 near Mazon.  23-year-old Sabrina M. Slater was killed in the two vehicle accident.  The incident remains under investigation by the Coroner’s

PERU – A woman formerly from Spring Valley was arrested in Chicago after an investigation that began last October into narcotics distribution in the area. In a release from the Peru Police Department on Thursday, they announced that 19-year-old Hayley K. Edwards was charged with felony

MORRIS – Grundy County Coroner John W. Callahan’s Office and the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department are investigating a two vehicle crash that claimed the life of a 23-year-old Morris woman Wednesday evening. The Coroner’s office states that the woman, whose name is being

OTTAWA – LaSalle County Authorities have released the name of the man found dead at a sand plant in Ottawa.  Friday afternoon, the LaSalle County Coroner’s Office and Sheriff’s  Office responded to the facility at 701 Boyce Memorial Drive to a report of a non-responsive male,

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