The La Salle County Sheriff’s Office announced it is participating in Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Throughout April, motorists can expect increased patrols looking for texting and driving as well as other traffic violations.
A Lansing man will appear Thursday for a detention hearing after a domestic dispute in which Oglesby police seized a pistol that had been rendered into a machine gun.
Streator Mayor Tara Bedei and Ottawa Mayor Robert Hasty were among seven mayors who talked about their communities Wednesday during the Illinois Valley Area Chamber of Commerce's State of the Cities Luncheon.