THE BUZZ: New pizza place coming to Ottawa

"Authentic pizza" will be the name of the game at Ottawa's latest restaurant opening in spring.

Tim Cottingim has been working on the space at 215 W. Jefferson St. which included adding a wood fire oven on Saturday. "Iniga" is set to open in March.

Cottingim has always been interested in opening a restaurant and became interested in Neopolitan pizza making. The style is easy to digest and uses authentic ingredients.

He was trained to create the pizzas in Los Angeles and plans to receive an official certification from Associazione Vera Pizza Napoletana based in Naples, Italy.

Work is continuing at the site to transform the space into a traditional Italian-style bistro with some modern flair with an opening expected in a couple of months.

Jardines expands hours

Jardines Mexican Restaurant has expanded its hours after reopening with a limited menu and hours in December.

Manager Ansit Martinez confirmed the business, 711 La Salle St., expanded its hours and will now be open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

The expansion comes as a result of the former Rock River Cafe restaurant closing, which originally opened in November and later shared the same location with Jardines, as well as customer demand for additional hours around noon.

For more information, call 815-324-5168 or visit fb.com/JardinesOttawa.

Churney joins Chicago law firm

A Chicago law firm has teamed up with a longtime La Salle County lawyer.

Sheryl Churney joined Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins this month as managing partner of the firm's La Salle County office at 7 Northpoint Drive in Streator. Churney was previously with the Myers, Berry, O'Conor & Churney firm, which was at the Northpoint location since 1994 and was in Streator since the early 1980s.

Churney started practicing law in 1990 in Chicago before joining Myers, Berry in 1994. She is the attorney for almost 30 governmental bodies, including Streator, Grand Ridge and Wenona, as well as for several fire protection districts, including the Utica, Marseilles, Seneca and Wallace districts. Churney also represents a number of townships, road districts and county highway departments throughout central Illinois.

Founded in 1935, Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins is headquartered in Chicago's Loop. Besides Streator, the firm also has an office in suburban Orland Park. The firm is comprised of 30 lawyers.

Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins represents a variety of local governmental entities, including school districts, library districts, cities, villages, fire protection districts and other special districts. Attorneys at the firm provide a diverse range of general legal services to private corporations and individuals in the areas of corporate, economic development, environmental, real estate, zoning, and wealth planning and business succession law.

Boost Mobile opens at Northpoint in Streator

Boost Mobile, 4 Northpoint Drive, opened its latest location in Streator.

The Streator Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted a ribbon cutting last week to celebrate the opening.

The announcement was first made in September when The Times spoke with the developer who noted a fitness center and A Place to Be was coming to Northpoint.

For more information about Boost Mobile, call 815-822-9243 or visit boostmobile.com.

Streator's Subway changes owners

The Streator Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry held a ribbon cutting at Subway, 2 Northpoint Drive, to celebrate a new owner.

Donald Trager is the new owner of Streator's Subway.

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