Granville News

KILLELEA Daughter, Kara Grace, to Joseph and Nicole Killelea of Ottawa Nov. 9 at Morris Hospital.

The small village of Cherry swelled by thousands over the weekend, as crowds came to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the disastrous coal mine fire that killed 259 men and boys in November, 1909.

Echo Bluff, located outside of Spring Valley, hosted a Star Party Saturday night.

A fundraiser was sponsored by the Granville and Henry American Legion posts Sept.

The Bureau County Health Department makes routine and unannounced visits each month to various food service establishments in Bureau and Putnam counties to inspect the operation.

The Wyanet Golden Eagles will meet at 12:30 p.m. Oct. 6 at the Coffee Depot for lunch on your own.

Judith A. Catalanello, 61, of LaSalle passed away at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009 at her home surrounded by her husband, family and friends.

"We're a family," said Denetta Reddick of Ottawa, with eyes nearing tears as she spoke of her nearly 250 co-workers who are struggling in the aftermath of being laid off from Hennepin's shuttered ArcelorMittal rolled-steel mill earlier this year.

"We're a family," said Denetta Reddick of Ottawa, with eyes nearing tears as she spoke of her nearly 250 co-workers who are struggling in the aftermath of being laid off from Hennepin's shuttered ArcelorMittal rolled-steel mill earlier this year.

Super Wash Car Wash, 1735 N. Bloomington St., was reported damaged Tuesday between 5 and 6 p.m. A vacuum was damaged.

SPRING VALLEY – Spring Valley Mayor Cliff Banks has called a meeting of area mayors, police chiefs, and local economic development officials, but he's being awfully tight-lipped about just what the meeting is for.

Two weeks into the new fiscal year, Illinois finally has a budget. Lawmakers worked into the night Wednesday before approving three bills that will keep the state's financial engine running.

A Cruise Night benefiting the Granville American Legion will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Aug.

Adamson-Polson reunion PRINCETON - The annual Adamson-Polson family reunion will be at noon July 12 at Zearing Park in Princeton.

The Illinois Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill changing the Illinois Freedom of Information Act Thursday, echoing the approval of their counterparts in the Illinois House, and sending the bill to Gov.

A pregnant young woman from Lowpoint was sentenced Thursday to six months in the Putnam County Jail later this year for a sex offense unrelated to her pregnancy.