Tyler Skerett's lawyers say there are no eyewitnesses linking Skerett to the Easter Sunday shooting that injured two and killed a teen. Prosecutors say they don't need any.

A Streator man was indicted Tuesday on two counts of home invasion.

A Streator man was indicted Tuesday for allegedly threatening to kill a Streator police officer, and the officer’s wife, with a gun and samurai sword.

Tyler Skerett was offered a deal, prosecutors said Monday, if he pleaded guilty to murder. He turned it down. Now, he could face a near-life sentence if convicted of a shooting that killed a teen.

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

Two Streator men were charged with felonies Tuesday following an investigation into a gunshot fired Sept. 9 near a Thornton’s. There were no injuries.

Hicks could face up to 15 years for eavesdropping

A Spring Valley woman charged in the 2023 shooting death in Ottawa will not stand trial this month – and the window for her to stand trial this year is closing fast.

Melissa Olivero of Peru announced her retirement Thursday from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) following almost 13 years as a judge and over 23 years as a federal employee.

A Marseilles man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for setting fire to his brother’s house in January– and while his brother was trapped inside.

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

An Oglesby man waived his right to an extradition hearing Monday and will go to Minnesota to face charges for allegedly threatening that state’s lieutenant governor.

A Marseilles man was convicted Friday of killing his father on Father’s Day weekend 2024. Logan Petre faces up to 60 years for murder, with more time coming if convicted of another pending charge.

A Streator man caught with cocaine and a loaded gun pleaded guilty Thursday and was sentenced to a year in prison.

The window for Joshua Casey to stand trial for murder in 2025 is closing fast. Casey doesn’t have new trial dates and it looks unlikely he’ll get them before the holidays.

A Mendota man accused of setting fire to his apartment complex – damage was not significant – will stand trial Nov. 17.

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

A Streator woman pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced to four years for possessing a stolen gun recovered during a drug seizure.

A La Salle woman faces up to 18 months in prison when she stands for sentencing Nov. 5 for leaving the scene of a 2023 crash that injured an elderly motorist.

The suspect in a pair of fatal shootings in Sheridan has a new lawyer and won a concession Friday from his judge: Ronald Martin can wear street clothes, rather than jail stripes, at future court dates.

A La Salle man was ordered detained Tuesday after police seized two guns in Naplate. One of the firearms was stolen and another’s serial number was removed, police said.

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

Anthony Brito fired shots outside La Salle County’s downtown Ottawa courthouse, a jury ruled Friday, and ruled he was trying to kill Larry Burns.

A Mendota man was supposed to stand for a detention hearing Friday for allegedly setting fire to his apartment complex (damage was not significant) but he simplified matters by refusing to come out of his cell.

Logan Petre will have to wait another month to find out whether he goes free for killing his father in self-defense or whether he’s going to prison for a long time.

A California drug hauler who cut off his ankle bracelet and absconded pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced to 6 years in prison.

The “Bonnie & Clyde” case in Streator is over. Nicholas Huber pleaded guilty to felonies and took four years in prison.

A Sheffield man pleaded guilty Thursday, and accepted a four-year sentence, for threatening to conduct a shooting at the Ottawa office of the Department of Children and Family Services.

The last suspect in a Sept. 29 stabbing in La Salle pleaded guilty to a felony Thursday and was placed on probation.

Closing arguments are set Friday in the Marseilles strangulation death. Attorneys rested Tuesday after suspect Logan Petre labeled his father as the instigator.

Blake Miller said he was driving friend Anthony Brito through Ottawa when, in autumn 2023, Brito told him to follow a sedan down Route 23. When they pulled alongside the sedan, Brito pulled a handgun and fired.

Larry Burns told a jury the gun aimed at him misfired or jammed. After he sped away from the Ottawa scene, he found bullet holes in his car.

There are seven people in La Salle County Jail facing murder charges. Longtime police and prosecutors were asked: Has the county ever had that many pending murder cases? Answer: no – not even close.

A rural Sheridan man will stand trial Oct. 20 for a double homicide. Ronald Martin Jr. faces life in prison if convicted of shooting two Sheridan residence.

A former La Salle County sheriff’s deputy charged with child pornography will be detained ahead of trial, a judge ruled Thursday

A Streator woman accused of setting fire to a house while she wore an ankle monitor pleaded guilty Thursday to two felonies and was placed on four years’ probation.

A parolee caught with another 5 ounces of cocaine pleaded guilty Thursday. Attorneys negotiated a14-year term.

A now-fired La Salle County sheriff’s deputy was indicted Tuesday by a La Salle County grand jury on 10 counts of child sexual abuse images

A Streator man accused of killing a teen – and injuring two others in the Easter Sunday shooting – pleaded innocent Tuesday and was given an Oct. 6 trial date.

A Streator man wanted for murder in the Easter Sunday shooting that killed a teen, and injured two others, was apprehended Monday in Peru.

A Leland man charged with setting fire to his own house was granted pre-trial release, provided he can furnish pre-trial services with a place to stay.

A Streator man accused of setting fire to a Streator residence will undergo a mental health evaluation before standing trial.

Courtney Perkins remains convicted for a shot fired in a Streator drug bust, but his prison time was shaved by eight years due to sentencing errors.

A La Salle County jury deliberated about two hours Thursday and convicted Malcolm Whitfield, 31, of Streator (also listed in DeKalb) of eight felonies led by first-degree murder for the 2023 shooting that injured two others.

A Bryon man accused of setting fire to the Kentucky Fried Chicken in La Salle was granted pre-trial release Thursday while he awaits trial for arson.

Three years after an arson investigation was opened at the Kentucky Fried Chicken in La Salle, authorities have charged a former employee of the store.

A La Salle County jury will decide Thursday whether Malcolm Whitfield fired the shots that killed Shaquita Kelly and injured two others.

Five days after Shaquita Kelly was shot and killed, Malcolm Whitfield sat for a police interview and admitted being at a fight in Streator – but said he wasn’t the instigator and he wasn’t carrying any gun.

A Streator man charged with shooting three people, killing one, turned down an offer by La Salle County prosecutors. Instead, Malcolm Whitfield plans to argue self-defense.

Two bodies were found burned from a residential fire in Sheridan, but prosecutors disclosed Friday both were shot. Two eyewitnesses told police it was Ronald Martin Jr. who pulled the trigger.