The Illinois Commerce Commission says a new area code is coming to northwestern and north central Illinois. About one year from now, area code 309 will exhaust all assignable prefixes. ICC will then implement new area code 861 to “overlay” the existing territory to supplement the telephone n…
Being Tuesday is “Giving Tuesday”, Princeton police are giving one officer an honorary “send-off”. Tuesday is the last day for retiring Princeton Officer Rob Jensen. There's a public Open House at the station between 11 – 1pm. Food will be served off the grill.
Odell is the small town southwest of Dwight, but it's got the Livingston County Sheriff's attention. This, after someone robbed the Fast Stop there around 9:30pm Saturday. Sheriff Tony Childress says the offender brandished a small fire arm in front of the clerk. He then left on foot in an u…
Marine Corps veteran Matthew Curtis Brown of rural Mendota will receive a brand-new Rheem comfort system just in time for the coldest winter weather. Matt is the winner of this year's Comfort a Hero promotion, sponsored by Triple Service and Starved Rock Media.
Bureau County United Way is at one-third of its annual campaign goal of $107,000. Executive Director Victoria Yepsen says Tuesday - “Giving Tuesday” - is a fine time to remember BCUW and the agencies it supports.
Packed among the annual “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” is “Giving Tuesday”. The Giving Tuesday organization says the event, which is this Tuesday, is about practicing radical generosity for one day.
The cause of a house fire in Cherry Saturday is not known. Assistant Fire Chief Jack Hoescheid said firemen found flames around a backdoor at 107 South Taylor when they arrived about 4pm. With help from Ladd, Arlington and Spring Valley, the fire was knocked down in thirty minutes. Damage wa…
A Somonauk man ran a stop sign Friday and, for him, it goes down hill from there. 19-year old Tyler Cavanaugh allegedly drove through a stop sign intersection causing Dekalb County deputies to pull him over. The officer decided to search the vehicle and turned up three hits of alleged LSD – …
A lit cigarette is blamed for a house fire in Peru Saturday afternoon. Deputy Fire Chief Jim Duncan said it happened in the 600 block of 6th street at 3:35pm. The still burning cigarette was accidentally tossed into a garbage can next to a side door. The can's contents caught fire then sprea…
It's called Omicron. And it's the new, remarkably fast-spreading COVID variant that was first reported just over two weeks ago. It's now leading to global hand-wringing.
Peru police were especially on their toes last week.
Christmas in the United Kingdom isn't all Charles Dickens, but they do enjoy a merry Christmas. Or, as they may put it, a HAPPY Christmas. The La Salle Public Library is hosting a virtual look at what goes into it.
Most of us are fortunate enough to have somewhere to go for Thanksgiving dinner, or to cover the cost of dinner on our own. But for those on Thursday who didn't, or couldn't, the Right Spice in Peru was open, once again.
A man who was found unfit to stand trial in La Salle County back in July has now been found to be of sound mind.
For much of Starved Rock Country, 2021 has been a good year for home sales.
La Salle County State's Attorney Todd Martin's office has announced the latest round of indictments out of Ottawa. These were presented to the Grand Jury on Tuesday.
A school district is in mourning.
La Salle County has reached another milestone when it comes to COVID-19 cases.
Over the next four weekends, downtown Ottawa will be getting into the Christmas spirit Euro-style.
A homeless man found different ways to get in some trouble last week.
Two children from Peru were killed in an accident Tuesday night on Interstate 80.
