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  LASALLE – The LaSalle Police Department is investigating gunshots fired on Thursday in LaSalle. Authorities say they were dispatched to the 1000 block of 6th Street for a report of gunshots fired just after 10 p.m. Officers found damage to a building and bullet shell casings in the

MORRIS – A citizen and a state trooper assisted a veteran who was having difficulty driving on I-80. Earlier this week Mark Mitchell was driving from Morris to Seneca with his wife when they noticed a truck that pulled off to the side of the road. He discovered the driver was a disabled

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced that the unemployment rate increased 0.1 percentage point to 4.7 percent in November, based on data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In November, the industry sectors with the largest over-the-month gains in

  STREATOR – A vehicle reported stolen out of Iowa City, Iowa on Monday was recovered in rural LaSalle County after a pursuit Tuesday morning. The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office say they, along with the Ottawa, Grand Ridge, and Streator Police Departments, assisted in the

Authorities confirm that two police officers were shot and killed at a Motel 6 in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi early on Wednesday morning. The officers were responding to a call for service made to the Bay St. Louis Police Department from the motel, which is located along a stretch of interstate

The LaSalle-Peru Township High School Renaissance Students of the Month were recognized during a breakfast ceremony on Wednesday, December 14. Students recognized this month were Deisy Padilla, Eleanor Radtke, Trystan Bergeron, Haileigh Steinhauer, Christine Ricci, Nora Maier, Sydney Ganskop,

The United States Coast Guard said Tuesday night that the two men who went missing more than a week ago while sailing to the Florida Keys have been found safe. 76-year-old Joe DiTomasso and 64-year-old Kevin Hyde were found about 214 miles east of Delaware by the tanker vessel Silver Muna just

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) will open the fourth year of the Fall Covers for Spring Savings Program on December 15. Applications will be available at https://www2.illinois.gov/sites/agr/Pages/default.aspx beginning at 8am. Funding of eligible acreage will be

LOCAL LASALLE – The LaSalle Police Department would like to thank the volunteers who helped assemble bikes that were donated to the LaSalle Police Department for the Officer Santa Program.  Phil Valle, Jim and Lynn Jakse and family, Jo Parochetti, Brian Rex, Eric Lynch , and Jim Crouch all