Talks between the Streator Education Association and the school board's bargaining team were reportedly brief and tense. According to the teachers' union, board members entered the meeting unannounced and delivered what they described as a final offer, which the union rejected. The main sticking point remains health ca...

The LaSalle County Recorder is warning about a misleading scam involving "Post Card" notices labeled "Important Notice: Immediate Response Needed." The notices reference mortgage and related documents, but the Recorder's office stresses the notices are not from the Recorder's office but from a priva...

The LaSalle County Highway Department says North 22nd Road will be closed for bridge repairs beginning next Monday, March 17th. The bridge is a half-mile south of Cedar Point and four-tenths of a mile west of County Highway 54, also known as East 2nd Road. The work is expected to take 1 month to complete, weather permi...

The investigation into the murder of 37-year-old Jessica Balma in Streator is ongoing, with suspect Joshua Casey, 38, charged with first-degree murder and concealment of a homicidal death. La Salle County State's Attorney Joe Navarro announced that evidence from the crime scene has been sent for analysis, and additiona...

Streator Officers responded to a residence on E. Elm St. for an unknown problem and discovered a 37-year-old woman, identified as Jessica Balma, unresponsive and later pronounced dead at the scene. Due to the suspicious circumstances, the Illinois State Police Crime Scene Unit was called in to investigate. An autopsy r...