A LaSalle man could spend up to 13 years in prison after pleading guilty to felony gun and drug charges. Nicholas R. Milby, 35, entered a blind plea Thursday in La Salle County Circuit Court to armed habitual criminal and unlawful possession of methamphetamine. Prosecutors agreed to drop additional charges and cap thei...

The Illinois Department of Transportation will resume construction on U.S. Route 6 through La Salle and Peru starting April 1st as part of a $6.4 million improvement project scheduled for completion this summer. The construction zone extends from the Little Vermilion River bridge in La Salle west to the Dalzell Blackto...

Construction on I-80 resumes today in Bureau and La Salle counties. Crews will be milling and resurfacing the road, including the Illinois Route 89 and Plank Road exit and entrance ramps. There will be one lane open in both directions during the nearly 22-million-dollar project, which is expected to be completed this f...

The City of Ottawa says contractors will have the intersection of Guion and East Lafayette Streets closed to all traffic between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. both today and tomorrow. Only local traffic will be allowed through the construction area ----------------------------------------------------------------- OSF St. Eli...

Marseilles City Council weighed the possibility of overhauling its form of government, following a proposal from Streets Commissioner Mike Scheib to abandon the city's traditional commission-style system. Scheib recommended shifting to a council-manager model, which would place day-to-day operations in the hands of a p...