Marseilles News

The wind storm of June 27 had broken some corn plants near ground level. Certain varieties were more susceptible with the highest level of breakage estimated near 3,000 plants per acre while other varieties were relatively unaffected.

Margaret Morrison said the administration office at the A Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Service has been quiet these days.

In our area, cornfields that would be starting to exhibit tassels around the Fourth of July are around knee-high. The cornfield next to my house is 24 to 26 inches tall.

A company filed suit in circuit court Friday, seeking to collect $116,266.81 from a Wilmington construction company.

SENECA – Careless use of smoking materials sparked the blaze in the three-story hotel at 426 N. Main St., Fire Chief Jerry Sears noted.

MARSEILLES – An autopsy is scheduled later today on the death of a woman in a house fire Saturday.

"Routine" does not describe the paths adult learners take on their way to passing the General Educational Development exam.

An elephant with a past was in Marseilles on Sunday and has a future date in Ottawa.

A missing Sheridan woman was returned to her home safely early Sunday morning. The 87-year-old was last seen at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

Despite less tractors, this month's annual Heritage Tractor Adventure was still a success, Mary Beth DeGrush of the Heritage Corridor Convention and Visitors Center, who coordinates the event, told the La Salle County Board's Tourism Committee Wednesday morning.

The La Salle County State's Attorney's Office filed these charges, arising from The Times' coverage area, that were not included in police reports.

"O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife. Who more than self their country loved And mercy more than life!" - "America the Beautiful," third verse It is the third verse of Katharine Lee Bates' song "America the Beautiful" that expresses the sacrifice of the servicemen and servicewomen who have died in the Middle East, Illinois Gov.

Cars and fathers just seem to go together. For the 11th year, the La Salle County Cruisers hosted Ottawa Cruise Night, and it's always a perfect beginning to the Father's Day weekend.

Several residents spoke up at this week's Marseilles City Council meeting - and most of their comments were directed at Commissioner Jim Hollenbeck, Public Health and Safety Commissioner.

Tom "Big Daddy" Yarber of justice, spokesman and coordinator for the Illinois Motorcycle Freedom Run, will honor a soldier from Virginia, Sgt.

Once again, Marseilles beats the Fourth of July to the punch. Fun Days, the city's popular summer festival capped with a fireworks display, is ready to roll between Monday, June 22, and Sunday, June 28.

An impeccably nondescript actor whose impersonation of an impersonator remains his most indelible turn, Matt Damon is brilliantly cast as the titular amnesiac in this belated adaptation of Robert Ludlum's Eighties-era espionage novel.

A MARSEILLES man died in a single-vehicle accident about noon Saturday, June 13, near Grand Ridge in La Salle County.

Walking to the La Salle County Governmental Complex on Etna Road in Ottawa has long been a risky venture.

Streator and Marseilles residents again retain the dubious distinction of paying the highest property tax rates in La Salle County.