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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

SHABBONA – No injuries were reported after a car struck an Indian Creek School bus that was stopped at train tracks east of Shabbona. According to the DeKalb county Sheriff’s Office, Monday afternoon a car driven by a woman from Jacksonville, IL clipped the bus and slid into the ditch

OGLESBY – Enbridge recently made another $5,000 donation to the Illinois Valley Community College Foundation for five $1,000 welding scholarships for students who live along the pipeline and have an interest in working in the oil and gas pipeline industry. Full- or part-time second-year

LASALLE – A resident of Oglesby, Lijewski had been director of medical staff affairs at Pekin Hospital before coming to the Hygienic. Before working in Pekin, she had been director of quality, risk and safety at St. Mary’s Hospital in Streator. Lijewski also worked for 16 years at

Authorities say the teenage Spring Valley girl reported missing and later found dead died from multiple stab wounds.  Today, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office released new information on  the death of 16 year old Diamond Bradley.  Authorities say that a forensic pathologist and the

LOSTANT – Two rural fires southwest of Tonica last night near a previous fire from Tuesday evening are under investigation by the State Fire Marshall this morning. The Lostant Fire Department was called to a fire in the 100 Block of North 14th Road around 11 PM Thursday night, followed

STREATOR – A Streator man has been charged with three felonies after a Tri-Dent investigation. In a press release, the Tri County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team arrested 22-year-old Michael L. Pitts of Streator after allegedly delivering narcotics to agents. Tuesday the Streator Police

STREATOR – The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 22-year-old Streator woman on a heroin charge. The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team made a controlled purchase of alleged heroin in the 800 block of Monroe St in Streator from Janessa L Phillips. She was taken

MORRIS – Authorities are looking for answers in the disappearance of a man from Michigan whose vehicle was found abandoned along the interstate in December. According to the Morris Police Department, 45-year-old Terry Brown last spoke to his wife on November 30th. He was traveling from