Sheridan News

Two people were taken to the hospital Tuesday after a four-vehicle traffic crash at 7:40 a.m. on Route 23, south of North 21st Road in Grand Ridge.

Lloyd M. Charletha, 20, of Ottawa, and Virjean E. Applebee, 71, of Marseilles, were in a two-vehicle accident Thursday at Norris Drive and Post Street.

Ravi Panchal, 40, Ottawa Comfort Inn, was arrested Saturday at Walmart on a complaint of retail theft and resisting a police officer.

This week the Sheridan Village Board held a public hearing on the board's recommendation to levy property taxes at a rate of 300 percent for the 2009-2010 fiscal year.

The identification of a man killed early Sunday in single-vehicle rollover accident near Sheridan was released Monday by La Salle County Sheriff Tom Templeton and Coroner Jody Bernard.

Conservation Police cited several hunters during the past several days in La Salle County.

The Community Unit 2 School District will put off a little longer its decision about moving from three K-8 elementary buildings to attendance centers.

Nichole J. Jessen, 32, 2750 Columbus St., was arrested Wednesday at her residence on a complaint of possession of a controlled substance.

When the teachers' union at Ottawa Township High School went on strike for more than three weeks this fall, the common lament among parents was that teacher strikes are allowed to happen at all.

Country Financial Representative Rick Passow of Sheridan received the National Multiline Sales Award.

LA SALLE COUNTY authorities are investigating an accident which took the life of a Sheridan man about 2:30 a.m. Sunday.

Tanner D. Shepard, 17, of Grand Ridge, was cited Wednesday in the 200 block of East Main Street on a complaint of possession of smoking materials.

Whooping cranes in Lasalle County predict an early cold winter and took it upon themselves to head south.

La Salle County Sheriff Tom Templeton plans to open an unmanned substation in the county's populous northeast corner.

Kristen N. Belden, 20, 900 Paul St., Apt. 607, was arrested Wednesday near La Salle and West Madison streets on an original warrant for forgery.

Barbara Schultz, outreach worker for Mendota Area Senior Services, will be at the Robert W. Rowe Library in Sheridan from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov.

Editor's note: Information in Police Briefs is obtained from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office and city police departments.

Charges, including one of child endangerment, against a Sheridan man were dropped Friday in La Salle County Circuit Court.

Four drivers reported hitting deer Thursday on La Salle County roads. The locations were in Vermillion, Deer Park, Otter Creek and South Ottawa townships.

Sheridan Elementary School's parent-teacher organization will sponsor its annual beef and freezer raffle this fall.