The village of DePue is uncertain about the status of a $23 million grant previously approved by the federal government to build a new wastewater treatment plant that would halt raw sewage from backing up into the basements of homes during floods.
DePue and Spring Valley firefighters responded to their second structure fire in a 24-hour span Monday afternoon in DePue.
Planned Parenthood of Illinois will close four health centers in March, including the location in Ottawa.
Bureau County Jail may yet house overflow inmates from Chicago, but the Bureau County Board tabled the proposal for additional study and discussion.
The Bureau County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of an 18-year-old man found unconscious Saturday in the 100 block of East Second Street in Wyanet.
Country music star Trace Adkins is coming to Princeton in August.
La Salle County authorities identified the victim in a Friday crash north of Ottawa.
Chester Weger has not yet succeeded in overturning his murder conviction – but a judge ruled Friday he can keep trying.
A man reported missing from the Champaign area has been identified as the person found dead June 8 at the decommissioned Cherry Mine, Bureau County Sheriff James Reed said Thursday in a news release.