The Marquette Crusaders responded to Lexington’s one run in the top of the second inning with 10 of their own in the bottom half, propelling the defending 1A state champs into Saturday’s 1 p.m. title game via a dominant, 16-1 victory early Friday.

Memorial Day weekend wasn’t exactly a slow one for police thanks to domestics and people who skipped court dates. But drunk-driving arrests? There, the cops had a slow weekend. The La Salle County Circuit Clerk’s Office reported three DUI arrests.

The Marquette baseball team has earned the right to defend its Class 1A title and that chance begins with Friday's 10 a.m. state semifinal against Lexington at Illinois Field in Champaign.

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The Fulton and Marquette High School baseball teams met Monday in a Class 1A supersectional at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.

A woman shot early Sunday in Streator has shown improvement, Streator police said Tuesday, but her condition remains serious

Taylor Vescogni threw a no-hitter as La Salle-Peru softball eliminated the Bulldogs (10-24) in decisive fashion to earn a spot in Friday’s regional championship game against either Kankakee or host Pontiac.

A woman was shot early Sunday in Streator. Authorities have described the injury as life-threatening

The Newark Norsemen did just about everything right in a 17-0 shutout of Earlville, securing the Class 1A Indian Creek Regional championship while keeping their postseason run alive Thursday night in Shabbona.

A Streator woman was expected to appear for a detention hearing Wednesday after being picked up on multiple charges led by aggravated arson and home invasion.