The La Salle County Sheriff’s Office is participating in the statewide “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over,” “Drive High Get a DUI” and “Click It or Ticket” campaigns this Labor Day.

A La Salle man was ordered detained Tuesday after police seized two guns in Naplate. One of the firearms was stolen and another’s serial number was removed, police said.

A La Salle County grand jury convened Tuesday and returned the following indictments.

Anthony Brito fired shots outside La Salle County’s downtown Ottawa courthouse, a jury ruled Friday, and ruled he was trying to kill Larry Burns.

A Mendota man was supposed to stand for a detention hearing Friday for allegedly setting fire to his apartment complex (damage was not significant) but he simplified matters by refusing to come out of his cell.

Logan Petre will have to wait another month to find out whether he goes free for killing his father in self-defense or whether he’s going to prison for a long time.

A California drug hauler who cut off his ankle bracelet and absconded pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced to 6 years in prison.

The “Bonnie & Clyde” case in Streator is over. Nicholas Huber pleaded guilty to felonies and took four years in prison.

A Sheffield man pleaded guilty Thursday, and accepted a four-year sentence, for threatening to conduct a shooting at the Ottawa office of the Department of Children and Family Services.