Baseball: Streator hangs on for 3A regional win over Dunlap
GENESEO — It’s said that the hardest out in a baseball game to get is the last one. That was the case for the Streator baseball team during Wednesday’s semifinal of the Class 3A Geneseo Regional against
Baseball: DelFavero sparks decisive rally for Morris
MORRIS – It took awhile for the momentum to shift for the Morris baseball team. But Cody DelFavero was the linchpin in Morris’ come-from-behind 9-5 victory over La Salle-Peru on Wednesday in the Class 3A Morris Regional
Milton Pope students volunteer at Illinois Fallen Soldiers Tree Memorial in Marseilles
Milton Pope eighth grader Landon Brandt hoisted a wheel barrow upward to dump mulch around one of the oak trees Wednesday at the Illinois Fallen Soldiers Tree Memorial in Illini State Park. He and 16 of his
Cusick settles with former accusers after 2019 acquittal
Kenneth Cusick, the Ottawa man acquitted in 2019 of killing his wife, has settled a federal lawsuit against his numerous accusers. Tuesday, a federal judge in Chicago received a stipulation between Cusick and attorneys for the multiple
DePue native donates $25,000 for IVCC scholarship
Illinois Valley Community College alumnus Joe Franco, of Kankakee, donated $25,000 to endow a scholarship for future medical and clinical lab professionals. Franco, a 1956 graduate of IVCC predecessor La Salle–Peru–Oglesby Junior College, studied chemistry and Spanish,
Thee Team of Three named 2023 Youth Entrepreneurs of the Year in Lemonade Day program
The Illinois Valley Area Chamber of Commerce and Lemonade Day inspired creativity from young business owners Saturday. Eighteen students ran nine businesses during a one day market at Country Kids Produce in Utica. The young entrepreneurs had
Police blotter: May 24, 2023
Julie L. Payne, 64, of Peru, was charged by Peru police with criminal trespass to real property at 4:57 p.m. Tuesday in the 2800 block of Fourth Street. Gabriel Salazar, 29, of Peru, was charged by Peru
Local Sports Digest: Streator YMCA 5K runs Memorial Day
Streator YMCA 5K runs Monday The annual Streator Family YMCA 5K Run/Walk will be held the morning of Memorial Day, Monday, May 29. The Starved Rock Runners Circuit event will begin at the YMCA at 8 a.m.,
Illinois AG report documents 51 priest abuse cases in Diocese of Peoria
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Tuesday released a report detailing information on 451 Catholic priests and religious brothers who abused almost 2,000 children in the state over more than seven decades. Raoul said the almost 700-page
Suspect in fatal Streator shooting held on $750K bond
One of the suspects in a May 6 shooting in Streator that injured three – one of the victims later died – is in La Salle County custody and the other suspect is on his way. Rachael