Streator

A Streator man awaits a detention hearing after La Salle County deputies seized an illegal firearm and drugs from a Sunday traffic stop near Lostant.

A schedule of high school sporting events across the Ottawa/Streator area for the week ahead.

Japan may be 6,000 miles from Streator, but Saturday, March 22, residents will have an opportunity to get a Taste of Japan at the Streator Public Library.

The Streator Police Department is seeking the community’s assistance with a shooting they said resulted in property damage at about 9:25 p.m. Friday in the 300 block of South Sterling Street.

For the Fall 2024 semester, the following students were named to the Presidential Honors list at Illinois Valley Community College. 

For the Fall 2024 semester, the following students were named to the Academic Honors list at Illinois Valley Community College. 

Last fall, a total of 162 students earned 185 degrees and certificates from Illinois Valley Community College. 

Collective bargaining continues between the Streator Elementary School District and the Streator Education Association, however, some deadlines are approaching.

A Streator woman was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison for dealing drugs and for a botched robbery in Streator, during which shots were fired. No one was injured.

A Streator man will be held in La Salle County Jail for at least the next two weeks after prosecutors charged him with strangling Jessica Balma inside a Streator residence.

Authorities have identified the body found Tuesday in a Streator residence and a Streator man is charged with killing her.

A Streator man will be held in La Salle County Jail for allegedly sexually assaulting a girl under 13.

The second annual Illinois Valley Library Road Trip begins April 6.

Streator High School student organizations are aiming to collect 1,000 unopened boxes of cereal by Friday, March 7, to donate to the Streatorland Food Pantry.

5 things to do in the Illinois Valley includes a dixieland banjo band, a symphony orchestra, day trivia, a sports card and collectibles show and Mad Hatter's Tea.

Reconstruction of Iowa Avenue from Main to Johnson streets in Streator may begin as soon as early summer.

A suspicious death investigation was launched Tuesday morning after a woman was found dead in Streator.

A free lunch of mostaccioli, bread, salad, dessert and a beverage will be served 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 8, at Park Place, 406 E. Hickory St., Streator.

Police gather at the scene Tuesday of a death investigation in the 1100 block of East Elm Street in Streator.

A suspect charged with domestic violence can have his gun temporarily taken away. Nothing new about that. Recently, though, Springfield has given that task to police and given them a deadline.

The JOY program, a program for men and women 55 and older, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, at Park Place, 406 E. Hickory St., Streator.

A schedule of high school sporting events in the Ottawa/Streator area for the coming week of March 2 through March 8, 2025.

The Streator Public Library will host a Mad Hatter’s Tea from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 8.

The Streator Leading Ladies and OSF Healthcare joined together Feb. 20 for Heart Health Month, with 35 men and women in attendance.

That was no firecracker thrown into a fire pit at Hi-Tide Campground near Leland, a judge ruled Thursday. It was a gunshot. Joseph Pawelczyk was found guilty of firing it.

In the last weekend before Lent, there are Mardi Gras celebrations taking place in the Illinois Valley, including Starved Rock Country Community Foundation's Mardi Gras Carnivale and Utica's Mardi Gras parade.

The Reading Fire Department in South Streator is hosting its 32nd annual Firefest from 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at The Oakley Avenue Klub, 806 Oakley Ave., Streator.

Ottawa's Juliana Thrush, La Salle-Peru's Kiely Domyancich, Streator's Lily Gwaltney and Seneca's Cattalina Pacheco and Sammie Greisen will compete at the IHSA girls wrestling state tournament this weekend.

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

Time-Out Ice Cream, 915 E. Main St., Streator, opens for the season Monday.

The Streator Police Department and Illinois State Fire Marshal’s Office are investigating a suspicious fire Sunday morning on the 600 block of North Sterling Street.

Enrollment for the next session of Rock Steady Boxing at the Streator Family YMCA is open.

The Streator Public Library will be celebrating the world of Harry Potter the week of Feb. 24.

A schedule of local high school sporting events in the Ottawa/Streator/Seneca area for the coming week.

Another suspect has been apprehended in the Streator drug and theft ring.

Princeton High School’s Scholastic Bowl team battled its way to a second-place finish at the Streator Hexagonal Tournament on Saturday, which is the successor of the Streator Rotary Tournament.

The Streator High School Scholastic Bowl won its Streator Hexagonal Tournament. 

Bill Walsh Automotive’s Coronet Dodge Chrysler Jeep dealership in Peru will close on Feb. 28.

Streator Police Chief John Franklin shared a letter of commendation for Officer John Thompson to the Streator City Council on Wednesday, after the officer's work led to two arrests following a reported incident with a gun.

If grant funds are secured, Streator will move forward on constructing a pair of pickleball courts in Merriner Park.

Maya Durdan, fifth grade teacher at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic School in Streator, was named Q Hit Teacher of the Year for January.

The Streator Fire Department welcomed a new face Monday to its team.

Streator police received reports of two shootings into vehicles this weekend.

Karen Anderson will give a presentation at the Streator Public Library entitled “More than a color.”

A schedule of prep sporting events in the Ottawa/Streator area for the coming week.

Two individuals were arrested Friday after a report of violence at the Walmart parking lot in Streator.

L-P's Kiely Domyancich, Ottawa’s Juliana Thrush, Streator’s Lily Gwaltney and Seneca’s Catalina Pacheco and Sammie Greisen qualified for the IHSA girls wrestling state tournament out of the Geneseo Sectional on Saturday.

The Streator Police Department is investigating a burglary that occurred late Wednesday on the 300 block of South Fourth Avenue.

The former Lipton Tea building lot on the corner of Wasson and Main streets, Merriner Park and Oakland Park emerged Wednesday as possible sites for pickleball courts in Streator.

In an effort to promote firearm safety, the Streator Police Department announced they are offering free firearm trigger locks to residents.