Dog bites, injures La Salle officer
A La Salle police officer was bitten a dog, sustaining minor injuries, Monday evening at a residence in the 1800 block of Hennepin Street in La Salle. La Salle police said the 26-year-old officer, whose name was
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Will Generate $4.6 Billion in Local Spending
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is pumping big bucks into local economies. By the time it’s done, it’ll generate $4.6 BILLION in tourism-related expenses like hotel accommodations and food.
With Spring Valley hospital closure, which ER are you going to? You’ll pick in some cases
If you live in the Illinois Valley and need an ambulance, your local EMS provider is likely to ask which hospital you’d like to be taken to. Most EMS directors said with St. Margaret’s Health-Spring Valley closing
This or that: sweet vs savory edition
Do you prefer sweet or savory? Put these head to head options to the test! Slice of pizza or a slice of chocolate cake Donut or a bagel and cream cheese S’more’s or a cheese burger French
Ottawa Lions Club carnival to run June 14-17
The Ottawa Lions Club carnival is scheduled Wednesday, June 14, through Saturday, June 17, at the Jordan block. Advanced wristbands for unlimited rides will be sold for $25 at the Ottawa Visitors Center, 1028 La Salle St.,
Dream Achievers step up onto the podium at Special Olympics State Games
Photo provided by Dream Achievers BLOOMINGTON – The Dream Achievers, based out of Earlville competed at the Special Olympic Games in Bloomington over the weekend. As a team they came home with two individual gold medals, three
Body is pulled from wreckage of I-95 truck fire in Philadelphia
On Monday, rescue workers pulled a body from the wreckage of the tanker truck fire beneath an Interstate 95 overpass in Philadelphia. The grim discovery came as demolition crews prepared to dismantle part of the southbound lanes
1 person dead after tour boat capsizes inside cave along the Erie Canal
One person died after being trapped for at least an hour, after a tour boat capsized Monday morning in a cave along the Erie Canal in Upstate New York. The tour was carrying passengers and one staff
Eye On Illinois: New Choate report reinforces what we know about broken system
By now the word “Choate” in any headline triggers a preventive response: everything that follows will be on the spectrum between unpleasant and gut-wrenching. We quite rarely consider Clyde Choate, the 30-year veteran of the Illinois House
Write Team: Get lost in the healing of nature
“Lose yourself in nature and find peace.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Frost, Whitman and Thoreau. Fabulous poets throughout time whose main character in most of their writing was nature. Finding yourself lost in nature is an