La Salle-Peru, Coal City, Minooka and Seneca are all sending recent graduates to play in this month’s Illinois High School Shrine Game.

This year’s theme was Friday the 13th. Organizers handed out 13 custom made trophies from Rebellion Lazer Art.

"But know this. If I ever say to you, 'Good luck.' I really mean it," Lonny Cain, retired managing editor of The Times in Ottawa, writes in his weekly PaperWork column.

The alley between St. James and Leland streets in the 1200 blocks of Ottawa Avenue and Douglas Street closed to all traffic beginning Friday, June 13.

Daylong festival features parade, live music, kids activities and more across two downtown parks

Shaw Media’s Illinois Valley Sports Hall of Fame banquet always comes with a lot of laughs and smiles and fun remembrances each year. This year’s sixth annual event also came with sorrow and sadness Thursday at the Auditorium Ballroom in downtown LaSalle.

Ottawa High School announced its honor roll for the conclusion of the fourth quarter of the 2024-2025 school year.

Junior Ranger Day will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 28 at the Starved Rock State Park Visitor Center.

A La Salle man was charged with possessing child sex abuse material Thursday after La Salle police executed a search warrant of his residence, according to police.