La Salle County News

Concerned with animal control issues throughout La Salle County, a small group of Streator residents have founded a canine rescue organization to help find homes for rescued dogs.

A Marseilles woman died this morning in a single-vehicle accident in the 1300 block of East Bluff Street in Marseilles.

The 90th annual meeting of the La Salle County Association for Home and Community Education was a dinner meeting with more than 80 members and guests in attendance.

The state police drug task force hit a Streator home a few days ago, resulting in two arrests.

ELECTION '08: Durbin downplays debate dare Sauerberg calls for confrontations in Lincoln-Douglas communities Invoking the spirit of the 1858 debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas that started in ...

The La Salle County Board's Animal Control Committee gave tacit approval Tuesday for the quick euthanasia of stray dogs and cats.

The Illinois Department of Corrections records any scars and marks on incoming inmates.

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Master Naturalist training, a popular program elsewhere in Illinois, is scheduled to start next month in La Salle County.

THE ISSUE: It is county fair time, , OUR VIEW: Fair offers family fun, and a great place to encourage young people It is county fair time in the area.

Wednesday was the fourth anniversary of the unsolved slayings of Mary E. Comer and her son James E. Larrison.

An Earlville man has been promoted to head the La Salle County Detention Home. Chief Judge James A. Lanuti appointed Patrick Sweeney director of detention services for the 13th Judicial Circuit.

Facilities that counsel, advise and advocate on behalf of sexual assault victims caught a break last week after Gov.

The La Salle County Sheriff's Office reported three people died in traffic crashes on the Fourth of July in Northville Township.

La Salle County Coroner Jody Bernard Wednesday said more information about the hanging death of jailed rapist Dale Schmick will have to wait.

The driver of a pickup was killed in a single-vehicle accident at 2:25 a.m. Friday on North 45th Road, west of County Highway 3, also known as the Sheridan blacktop, in Northville Township.

About 50 law enforcement officers and firefighters -- including Ottawa River Rescue and mounted La Salle County sheriff's deputies -- were engaged in a successful search operation Tuesday morning in rural ...

In Ottawa, Ozinga joined in with the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the first Lincoln-Douglas Debate at Washington Square, the site of the historic first debate.

Late Wednesday afternoon, jurors found a man guilty of raping a woman in 2003 in La Salle.

As part of the 150th anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, the La Salle County Republican Women will present an election awareness event with a candidates forum.