Roosty’s Chicken will celebrate the grand opening of its Ottawa location on Sunday, Jan. 11, at 2749 Columbus St.

The Streator home, built in 1948, has an interior space of 3,546 square feet

Morris Hospital - Everyone experiences heartburn occasionally, especially after a big meal or eating close to bedtime.

The single-family residence located at 18 Old Orchard Lane in Streator was sold on Dec. 17, 2025, for $254,500, or $128 per square foot.

Streator girls bowling, Marquette girls basketball and Leland's boys basketball team were among the area's winners in The Times Thursday Roundup.

The Ottawa boys wrestling team topped La Salle-Peru 45-33, while the Cavaliers girls squad defeated the host Pirates 36-31 at Kingman Gym on Thursday night.

A monument commemorating Ottawa’s role in transporting submarines during the Second World War is coming to Allen Park.

The Ottawa Fire Department is set to receive four new radios after the Ottawa City Council approved a quote from Nicholson 1 Communications.

Ottawa City Council is moving forward with the next step in replacing the Post Street Bridge, approving phase two design work during Tuesday night’s meeting.

The Marquette girls basketball team won for the third straight time in a victory over Newark on Wednesday, while Seneca wrestlers Sammie Greisen and Haiden Lavarier both went 3-0. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The hot-shooting Woodland boys basketball team sank 15 three-pointers in a 69-52 victory over Somonauk at the Warrior Dome on Wednesday night.

Eagle Township has implemented a six-ton truck load limit on township roads due to seasonal road conditions, according to Eagle Highway Commissioner Keith Kuntz.

The annual Penguin Plunge supports granting wishes for children with critical illnesses. This year’s event coincides with Make-A-Wish Illinois’ 40th anniversary.

Hasty said the architects have been updating their plan while working with city officials to address comments raised during recent discussions.

The Woodland boys basketball team started quick in a win over host Leland on Tuesday, while Serena and Fieldcrest also grabbed victories. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Mendota boys basketball team used a solid defensive effort to push the pace and hot shooting to earn a 77-60 triumph over Ottawa in Mendota on Tuesday night.

Two former partners of Home Run Auto Group have taken ownership of Ottawa auto dealerships following the company’s December acquisition of the Bill Walsh dealership network.

As the regular season hits the second half and the postseason gets closer, many Times-area girls basketball teams and players are trending up in Brian Hoxsey's girls basketball notebook.

Illinois Valley Community College celebrated its first dental hygiene graduating class with a white coat ceremony Dec. 12.

The Streator Public Library will host a variety of programs for children, teens and adults from Jan. 19-24.

Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland's Emma Palaschak scored 37 points, including the 1,000th of her career, in the Falcons' victory over Putnam County on Monday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Streator City Council’s Committee of the Whole meeting scheduled for Jan. 7 has been canceled.

OSF HealthCare has announced the addition of cancer specialist Muzamil Arshad, MD, to its radiation oncology team at Saint Elizabeth Hospital in Ottawa.

The Streator Eagle 6 has dimmed its lights for the last time this week, marking the end of a nearly decade-long run and leaving the city without a movie theater.

During the holiday tournaments at Seneca and Plano, many Times-area boys basketball players put together tremendous efforts. A look at their accomplishments and what their coaches had to say about them in Brian Hoxsey's boys basketball notebook.

Illinois Extension will offer a bread-making workshop Jan. 24 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Illinois Valley Community College in Oglesby.

A free lunch is scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at Park Place, 406 E. Hickory St., Streator.

The Arts of Starved Rock Country Fund will award grants totaling $12,575 to eight organizations for nine projects in 2026, according to the Starved Rock Country Community Foundation.

Education is expected to be a focus in Streator in 2026.

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With a new year ahead of us, a reset or grounding might not be a bad idea.

Ottawa wrestlers Wes Weatherford and Mayson Munson won titles at Wheaton on Saturday, while Marquette boys hoops defeated Hall. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Marquette girls basketball team held off a fourth quarter rally from La Salle-Peru to earn a 56-55 victory at Bader Gymnasium in Ottawa on Saturday.

Ottawa is expected to spend the new year grappling with the long-term impact of OSF Healthcare’s decision to build a new regional care model and their decision to withdraw plans for a new hospital in Ottawa.

The Ottawa girls wrestling team went 2-1 at the Yorkville quadrangular on Friday, while the Sandwich boys wrestling squad claimed the title of their own dual tournament.

The Ottawa City Council will hold its first meeting of the year at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, at City Hall, 301 West Madison Street.

After closing in 2024, Sam and Serena Witz reestablished the Serena Cafe on Wednesday, March 5.

Amazon opened a last-mile delivery facility in Ottawa in September, bringing in jobs while speeding up deliveries across the Illinois Valley.

Mendota’s Oliver Munoz scored the Trojans' final six points, including the go-ahead basket with 1:30 remaining, to capture fifth place with a 46-45 win over Ottawa in the Plano Christmas Classic on Tuesday.

Marquette's Alex Schaefer became the first Crusaders wrestler to reach 100 career wins, and the team claimed the title of the Silver Bracket at the ABE's Rumble in Springfield. Plus more results from around the Times area.

La Salle-Peru's Kiely Domyancich and Marquette's Lily Deibel were among the individual girls wrestling champions crowned Tuesday at the 2025 Ottawa Holiday Hootenanny.

A 15-year-old passenger extinguished an electrical fire in his vehicle on Tuesday at a Casey's gas station in Peru. Jesus Gonzalez of Streator put out the blaze that occurred near a gas pump at the station on Shooting Park Road. The vehicle sustained interior damage and was awaiting a tow truck following the incident.

Newark senior center Cody Kulbartz's block in the final seconds helped secure the Norsemen's 59-58 victory over Streator in the 15th-place game of the 62nd Plano Christmas Classic on Tuesday morning.

Streator Public Library will host an axolotl-themed week of activities Jan. 12-17, featuring scavenger hunts, story times and craft programs for all ages.

Heroin abuse began to wane in La Salle County in recent years and that decline has continued into 2025. That would be good news, except that fentanyl is taking its place.

The top-seeded Kaneland boys basketball team used a game-changing 14-0 run spanning the end of the third and start of the fourth quarters in a 67-50 victory over No. 4-seeded La Salle-Peru in Monday's semifinals of the 62nd Plano Christmas Classic.

Ottawa and Leland's boys basketball teams along with Marquette's girls were among those scoring tournament victories Monday, while Streator and Newark both fell and will meet each other; plus more in The Times Monday Roundup.

In many ways, 2025 has been a year of sharp, jagged stab wounds.

The Illinois State Fair will use digital ticketing exclusively for the 2026 season following a successful trial last year.

NCI ARTworks Gallery will exhibit 70 works by internationally acclaimed contemporary artist Ken Knight, a Streator native who has donated the pieces to support the nonprofit arts organization.