Ottawa police said there was no basis to a report of a suspicious person early Wednesday near Lincoln School.

No arrests were made, and there is no ongoing threat to public safety.

La Salle County has a new judge. Longtime prosecutor Greg Sticka has been appointed to the seat being vacated by Associate Judge Michael C. Jansz.

The Dayton man convicted in the Ottawa murder-cremation still thinks he was wrongly convicted, but William Horman no longer is trying to make his case without legal help

A Marseilles man charged with attempted murder will stay in La Salle County Jail while awaiting trial, a judge has ruled

A ghost gun was drawn during a fight at Love’s in Oglesby, La Salle County prosecutors said, and the suspect was an ex-con with no business handling a firearm.

The first COVID-19 fraudster sentenced in La Salle County thought her five-year prison term was excessive, but Ebony Green is dropping her post-trial motions.

A Granville man charged in the Monday robbery of Granville National Bank has a court-appointed lawyer and an April 13 detention hearing in Urbana.

A witness helped police and federal agents nab a suspect in the Monday robbery of Granville National Bank. David L. Ragazincky is headed Wednesday to federal court in Peoria and he could face 20 years.