Maribeth M. Wilson

After 28 years in law enforcement, however, it is time for the next chapter for La Salle Police Chief Mike Smudzinski.

Illinois Valley Community College’s fall theater season features an award-winning play, some wacky wordplay, and a new theater department director, the college said in a news release.

Multiple agencies responded to a structure fire at the Marquis Energy property in Hennepin early Wednesday afternoon

A free lunch is scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, at Park Place, 406 E. Hickory St., Streator.

Introductory dance classes for swing and salsa return this fall through Illinois Valley Community College’s Continuing Education Department, according to an IVCC news release.

A diabetes support group will meet from 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, at OSF Health Care’s Community Health Center, 111 Spring St., Streator.

The $7 million pool would have featured diving boards, a water slide, 25-meter competition lanes and a capacity of 434 swimmers.

A Princeton man was found deceased on Sunday after entering the Illinois River, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said in a Monday news release.

The Ladd American Legion Auxiliary, Post 938, will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, at the Legion Hall, 111 S. Main St.

Register and take advantage of Rapid Pass online at redcross.org.

The monthly meeting of the Streator Leading Ladies was held Sept. 18 at Chipper’s Grill.

The fully immersive experience, including the macabre aspects of death in the Victorian Era, will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. from Oct. 23 to Oct. 25, according to a Hegeler Carus news release.

Classes will resume and student support services and offices at the Oglesby campus and Ottawa Center will reopen at 8 a.m. Monday, Oct. 13. 

The La Salle-Peru Township High School Renaissance Students of the Month were recognized during a breakfast ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 24.

Across northern Illinois, dozens of cases remain unsolved, leaving behind grieving families, unanswered questions, and a lingering pursuit of justice