50 years since Oglesby teen vanished
OGLESBY – A teen walked out of his Oglesby home fifty years ago and vanished. In the five decades since 16-year-old Dermot F. Kelly went missing authorities have had no clues to his whereabouts, aside from his
COVID-19 cases down in LaSalle County, 12 new deaths
OTTAWA – Twelve La Salle County residents died from complications related to COVID-19 since January 21, according to the LaSalle County Health Department. The individuals were were a woman in her 50s, two men in their 60s,
IVCC Foundation Scholarship application deadline approaching
OGLESBY – Students planning to attend Illinois Valley Community College next fall have until February 10th to apply online for Foundation scholarships. Current students, high school seniors and anyone planning to enroll in fall or spring 2022-23
County unemployment rates remain under 5%
UNDATED – Local county unemployment in LaSalle, Putnam and Bureau counties are continuing a trend at under 5% for the past three months. According to the Illinois Department of Employment Security, statewide unemployment made the biggest
Attempt to bail friend out of jail with fake money leads to major drug bust
On Jan. 20, around 11:30 p.m., police said they found Quirion and Jalbert waiting in a vehicle outside the jail. Both Quirion and Jalbert had active bail conditions from previous drug arrests. Officers searched their vehicle and
Airline apologizes after ‘Scotland isn’t a country’ row with passenger
“Even a Google search to prove that Scotland is in fact a country was dismissed by them; it is incomprehensible we had to even argue this. Suddenly the initial problem that we are Polish wasn’t the cause
IDOT seeks input on potential passenger rail service expansion in Illinois
PEORIA – A survey taking opinions from residents about potential passenger rail use across the area has been put out by the Illinois Department of Transportation. The survey will be used by IDOT and local leaders
Rt 47 crash kills Morris woman
DWIGHT – One person is dead after a two vehicle crash in Grundy County Thursday. The Grundy County Coroner’s Office was called along with the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office to Illinois Route 47 in Dwight around 9AM
State Police create statewide expressway shooting website
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Police have unveiled an interactive Statewide Expressway Shooting website which contains current and historical data regarding gunfire incidents on all expressways in Illinois. The SES dashboard displays the number of reported expressway
Florida Man arrested for impersonating corrections officer
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/01/21/police-18-year-old-impersonating-corrections-officer-arrested-at-palmetto-senior-high/ Investigators said that Erick Anthony Moore Jr. of Miami was inside the school around 1 p.m. talking to staff when Miami-Dade Schools police approached him. The officers said he was wearing a Miami-Dade County Corrections and