Tyshawn Doyle allegedly relayed a message to associates around Streator: He wanted witnesses silenced – either with gunfire or tainted drugs – and he named names.

Two men were charged following an investigation into a break-in early Thursday in the 700 block of West Madison Street, Ottawa police said.

The Streator Lions Club held its Christmas party on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at the Pines restaurant.

In two separate decisions, the ICC struck $25.4 million from ComEd’s $268.5 million 2024 rate request and $11.2 million from Ameren Illinois’ $59.6 million multi-year rate request

If you’ve been dreaming of a white Christmas, well, dream on. It looks as if Santa and his reindeer won’t be landing on any snow-covered rooftops in the Illinois Valley.

Bus drivers, monitors and trainers at Woodland Community Unit School District No. 5 have joined Teamsters Local 179.

Illinois Master Naturalists will lead a winter nature walk Jan. 17 from 11 a.m. to noon at Nell’s Woodland in Ottawa.

The Illinois Valley Community College student newspaper earned top honors at the Illinois Community College Journalism Association annual conference in November.

The Ottawa City Council approved the purchase of Knox Box equipment, allowing the Ottawa Fire Department to begin a residential emergency access program that lets firefighters and paramedics enter homes during emergencies without forcing entry.