Jennifer Ebner, La Salle County Clerk, has been recognized with the Commitment to Service Award for outstanding dedication and commitment to public service.

Starved Rock State Park, the most visited state park in Illinois, hosted 180 University of Illinois Extension Master Naturalists and staff on Oct. 9 and 10 for their annual state conference.

Charlie Mitchell, a lifelong La Salle County resident and an “experienced election and operations professional,” announced Friday his Democratic candidacy for La Salle County Clerk.

She was charged after a trio of Marseilles cocaine deals and given a notice to appear. After skipping a court date, she was arrested and placed on GPS monitoring. Now, police have recovered Caitlin Panas’ ankle bracelet, but no sign of her.

The Stage 212 renovation is "98% done" and will be ready for the November opening of "Puffs." But the La Salle theater company still needs help funding the rehab.

As potential cuts to federal free and reduced lunch reimbursements raise concern for schools statewide, Mendota High School officials say they’re preparing for possible disruptions that could impact over half of their students.

La Salle County authorities have identified the victim killed in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday on Interstate 39 between Oglesby and Tonica.

La Salle County Property taxes due Nov. 12.

La Salle-Peru Township High School senior Claire Boudreau was named the 2025-26 Daughters of the American Revolution Citizenship Award winner.

Moving pallets of food around inside the new home of the Illinois Valley Food Pantry in Peru got much easier following the gift of a new electric pallet stacker by an anonymous donor.

Here is a list of trick-or-treat hours for the Illinois Valley.

La Salle-Peru Township High School senior Madelaine Johns was named the 2025-26 Sons of the American Revolution Citizenship Award winner.

The Rotary Club of Mendota recently partnered with United Way of Illinois Valley to install a Born Learning Trail on Saturday, Oct. 25, at Blackstone Park, 300 Fourth Ave., Mendota.

The academy was awarded an overall A grade for 2026.

Frosty on First will run from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, and from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, immediately following the Run Run Rudolph 5K

Search our table to see what designation your La Salle County school received on the 2025 school report card.

Holy Cross School in Mendota recently announced its honor roll for the first quarter of the 2025-2026 school year.

The Fort du Rocher Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met Oct. 11 at the Illinois Veterans Home in La Salle, with Regent Beverly Richardson presiding.

The Academy of St. Carlo Acutis middle school has released its honor and high honor rolls for the first quarter of the 2025-26 school year.

Spring Valley United Church of Christ will begin selling its peanut brittle on Saturday, Nov. 1.

The Peru Public Library, 1409 11th St., will host several events and programs in November.

Local food pantries need cash to meet their holiday demand, but this year they need non-perishable food donations, too. Federal cutbacks are straining the food banks and making it harder for the pantries to buy discounted food.

The Peru Public Library will host a free Medicare Education Program at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5.

Joe Tokarz will give a talk at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2 about the 28 submarines that traveled down the Illinois River from their manufacturing facility in Wisconsin to the Gulf of Mexico and into World War II.

St. Bede Academy has partnered with the American Red Cross to host a public blood drive from 1 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, in the Perino Science Center.

Seneca High School announced its honor and high honor rolls for the first quarter of the 2025-2026 school year.

Rutland Grade School in Ottawa announced its honor roll for the first quarter of the 2025-2026 school year.

The suspect in the Streator City Park shooting will stand trial Feb. 2.

The Oglesby Elks will hold their inaugural “Sip and Shop” event on Saturday, Nov. 8.

For more than five decades, if you ordered a pizza at Sam’s Pizza in Oglesby more than once, chances are owner Sammy Leone knew your order when you came in and never had to write it down.

Mort’s Pub set a new fundraising record by raising $17,000 for the Illinois Veterans Home in La Salle during its annual golf outing, surpassing last year’s $14,000 donation.

St. Michael the Archangel Catholic School in Streator announced its honor and high honor rolls for the first quarter of the 2025-2026 school year.

Marseilles Elementary School announced its honor roll for the first quarter of the 2025-2026 school year.

Deer Park Grade School announced its honor roll for the first quarter of the 2025-2026 school year.

Christopher Leonard, director of counseling and psychological Services at Wichita State University, has been named Staff of the Year by the Kansas Board of Regents.

Bureau Valley High School recently announced its honor roll for the first quarter of the 2025-26 school year.

La Salle County Clerk Jennifer Ebner announced she will seek re-election in 2026, aiming to build on improvements made during her first term.

A Streator man who set fire to the New Brite Spot in Ottawa in 2023 admitted Friday to violating his probation. John F. Smith could go to prison this time.

The Streator Public Library, 130 S. Park St., recently announced its upcoming programs and events for November.

The Mendota Historical Society has extended its exhibition, “Where Our Paths Meet: Journeys to Mendota”, through Dec. 14, at the Hume-Carnegie Museum.

He was facing up to 30 years for holding up a credit union in Streator – and then got caught with a gun – but Charles Spencer’s testimony helped put away a murderer and won him a break.

She is alleged to have hidden in an attic crawl space while drug agents raided her Streator home. That, a judge ruled Thursday, made Tiffany Daniels a bad risk for pre-trial release.

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.

The Ottawa Center for the Arts will hold a free sneak preview open house for its new downtown campus from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 26, at the campus, located in The Abbey and The Great Hall buildings, 910 Columbus St.

Police and prosecutors would like to see the SAFE-T Act repealed, which Springfield is unlikely to do. But can the act be fixed? Local law enforcement had a few suggestions.

A Streator woman was charged with multiple felonies after a Wednesday drug raid yielded purported crack and powder cocaine plus methamphetamine.

Police and drug agents seized nearly 2 ounces of purported heroin during a Tuesday traffic stop in rural La Salle.

The La Salle County Clerk’s Office is switching to a new voter registration system and will be unable to make updates for several weeks.

A La Salle County grand jury convened Tuesday and returned the following indictments.

OSF HealthCare’s recent offer to keep a limited ICU in Ottawa hinged on the city endorsing its broader consolidation plan, a condition city officials rejected as unfair and unacceptable