Utica News

There was no luck of the Irish for a DePue woman who was cited for drunken driving last St.

Vissering Construction Company of Streator was awarded a $1,550,200 contract to construct the new emergency operations center building at the county's Etna Road complex.

The La Salle County Medical Society has named the two recipients of its special education scholarship fund for this year, Gregory Jereb of Utica and Niket Nathani of Mendota.

SCHEERER Daughter, Penelope Grace, to John P. and Angela Scheerer of Frankfort June 8 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

The Follies Theatre in downtown Utica is taking audiences on a wild ride back to the days of prohibition, backroom gin, flappers and gun molls when the curtain goes up on the hybrid Speakeasy and Burlesque show, “The Roaring 20's Red Garter Revue.” Audience members will be met by the cast on the street as they arrive to receive the ...

Illinois Waterway Visitor Center Starved Rock Lock and Dam Phone: 815-667-4054 Route 1; 950 North 27th Road Ottawa, IL 61350 The Illinois Waterway Visitor Center in Utica, Illinois should be on the list of everyone going through this part of Illinois.

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.

WGN'S Julian Crews is once again looking for great places to visit...and he says right now is the perfect time to see one of nature's command performances: Spring wonders at Starved Rock.

Michael K. Smith, 31, 1201 Willow St., was arrested Tuesday in the 500 block of Coal Street on a failure to appear warrant for domestic battery.

During the week of Monday, June 22, the volunteer Aitken School Committee of the La Salle County Historical Society will present an interactive historical program for all La Salle County grade school students grades three through six.

In a pocket of Utica Thursday afternoon, the sounds of Middle Eastern music and the dainty jingling of coin belts filled the air behind Foothill Organics .

Timothy B. McCoy, 42, 1412 S. Monroe St., was arrested at 1:40 a.m. Sunday on Vermillion Street on complaints of driving under the influence, failure to signal and driving without lights.

Three summer programs will start at the Utica Public Library. All programs will be free of charge, with no registration required.

Laborers' Local Union 393 members attended the first of a series of Leadership Training Classes May 13 at the Local Union Hall in Marseilles.

Faced with a terminal illness, Janet Billings is making the most of every day. First sky diving, then cruising in a 1970 454 Corvette Stingray and next, a visit to the Grand Canyon.

Eric Shangraw takes the girls with him on a rafting trip Saturday at Starved Rock State Park.

Naplate firefighters extinguish a fire in a trailer at Datti's Trailer Park, by Interstate 80 on Ottawa's north side, Wednesday morning.

Some local mayors recently met with members of the Illini Valley Association of Realtor's Equal Opportunity in Housing Committee to sign proclamations declaring April as Fair Housing Month.

Despite being three hours away from his house Tuesday, David Alan Badger felt at home during a visit to Ottawa.

S.H.O.C.K, which stands for Safety and Health of Our Community and Kids, is set to meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Waltham Presbyterian Church, a few miles north of Utica.