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OGLESBY – Oglesby’s Police Chief will keep his job after the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety attempted to terminate it last week.  There was standing room only at Oglesby’s city hall Monday night, when the council

MENDOTA – A Mendota man was arrested twice within 24 hours on charges of retail theft and burglary. The Mendota police department say that on Friday they were called to investigate a reported retail theft at a

MENDOTA – The Friends of the Track Fund Committee made an appearance at Monday night’s Mendota City Council Meeting. A representative from the committee explained that the Elementary School had just resurfaced the track and that the

UNDATED  – The American Red Cross has extended its urgent call for donors of all blood types to give blood. With influenza escalating across the country and preventing some donors from giving, and winter weather threatening to

OTTAWA – LaSalle County’s Naloxone Program saved 37 lives in 2019. According to the program’s annual report, nearly 62 doses of Narcan Nasal Spray were used by law enforcement in 37 overdose response incidents, less than the

OTTAWA – Conservation police say the search for a missing Ottawa woman could encompass a wide area after authorities located belongings near the Starved Rock Lock and Dam. According to Conservation Police Sergeant Phil Wire, the investigation

OTTAWA – A weekend search in and around Starved Rock State Park have yielded no additional clues to the whereabouts of an Ottawa woman who has now been missing a week.  Ottawa detectives, Conservation Police, and area

STREATOR – Colder weather with windchills into the negatives are with us once again, and keep our homes warm becomes a priority, due to the risk of water damage from frozen and bust pipes. Illinois American Water

SPARLAND – Two Peoria residents are dead after a two vehicle crash that also injured a Mount Prospect man. The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office say they were called to Route 29 north of Sparland for what investigators

DEKALB – Dekalb Police introduced a new K9 to their department. Selected from a field of 8 candidates, Kota, a Dutch Shepard born in Poland, will fill the K9 position this spring. Dekalb Police Officer Nicholson and

STREATOR – The Streator Chamber of Commerce announced that the Streator Salvation Army met its 2019 bell ringing goal over the holidays, one of their biggest fundraisers. Salvation Army Director Judy Booze says the over $44,000 raised

UTICA – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation Police and local departments are planning to search for a missing Ottawa woman at Starved Rock State Park through the weekend. Friday is day two of the search

OTTAWA – A weekend snowstorm could impact the area late Friday through Saturday, with accumulations of up to 5″ of snow possible. The National Weather Service says a wintry mix of freezing rain and snow late this

ARLINGTON – The damage was limited and a home saved after a Thursday morning fire in rural Bureau County.   The Arlington Fire Department was called around 7:45 AM to a home on 2950 East Street for

OTTAWA – A LaSalle man accused of suffocating his infant son is fit for trial. 23-year-old Kenneth Herbst appeared in court Thursday with Public Defense Tim Cappellini to announce to Judge Chris H. Ryan that Herbst’s psychiatric