La Salle County News

A Streator man, wanted for sexual abuse and retail theft, was taken into custody by Streator Police over the weekend after the La Salle County State's Attorney's Office issued a warrant for his arrest on Oct.

An investigation into heroin and marijuana sales in Spring Valley led to charges against four Spring Valley people this week.

Exelon Nuclear"s La Salle County Generating Station in Marseilles has planned a community information night Monday.

When a tornado devastated Utica in 2004, a response focus was the plight of people trapped when the Milestone tavern collapsed on top of them.

The La Salle County Board gave unanimous approval Tuesday to a key element in Ottawa's plan to provide additional water and sewer lines to its industrial park and gain ownership of the long-vacant downtown Jordan Block.

A La Salle man, charged with robbing a convenience store in the city, appeared in the La Salle County courtroom of Circuit Court Judge Cynthia Raccuglia Tuesday morning where bond was set at $200,000. Wesley Michael Villarreal, 30, 627 Hennepin St., was charged with armed robbery, a Class X felony, after his arrest by La Salle Police for robbing at ...

A retired police officer once shot by a robber has filed to run as a Democrat against incumbent La Salle County Sheriff Tom Templeton, a Republican.

Two men, one from Ladd, the other from Wheaton, had several criminal counts of burglary and deceptive practice dropped to one criminal count in a guilty plea agreement Thursday sanctioned by Circuit Court Judge H. Chris Ryan Jr.

The end may be near for La Salle County departments that have been enjoying "private checkbook" control of some state and federal grant funds they have received.

"If it will just save a single life ..." is the justification often presented for a new policy.

No one was hurt in a shooting last week in La Salle. The incident landed three boys at the La Salle County Detention Home.

OTTAWA – Due to the unexpected increase in heavy construction that is moving close to the La Salle County Health Department, congestion and increasing traffic, as well as parking issues, the health department feels a responsibility to move the location of its H1N1 flu clinic to an area that can better accommodate La Salle County residents.

New filings for the La Salle County Board primary election on Feb. 2 include two incumbents and one newcomer.

A Streator man on parole from prison was arrested at about 3 p.m. Monday in Oglesby on auto theft charges.

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.

Interesting La Salle County government elections already began to shape up on the first day of filing Monday for the Feb.

A DRIVER was ticketed about 6:40 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, after an accident in La Salle County.

A rural Ottawa horse breeder was charged Tuesday in La Salle County Circuit Court with neglecting an animal.

An Illinois attorney general's opinion has cleared the way for La Salle County Board Chairman Jerry Hicks, D-Marseilles, to recommend appointments for a five-member board of commissioners for the La Salle County Forest Preserve District created by voters last November.

A Sandwich man, tackled as he fled from a Lake Holiday garage break-in by the homeowner in July, was found guilty in a La Salle County courtroom Wednesday.