Two La Salle County men were indicted Tuesday for alleged indecent acts conducted in public places.

A Peoria man was ordered held on $20,000 bond Tuesday after prosecutors said he killed a woman in a meth-related crash – the first such case in La Salle County history.

A 42-year-old DeKalb man was arrested Saturday after police said he set fire to a vehicle on the 300 block of South Park in Streator.

A Marseilles man pleaded guilty Friday to spitting in the face of a Marseilles police officer and was sentenced to 4 years reporting probation. Michael L. Diaz Jr. also was ordered to steer clear of alcohol.

A Peoria man has been charged with aggravated DUI for killing a woman last summer in what’s believed to be the first meth-related fatal crash in La Salle County history.

The Ottawa Police Department issued a news release Thursday warning of an influx of telephone scams.

A woman in her 20s — not a teenager — abducted early Monday from Peru has been recovered and is uninjured, police said at a 4 p.m. Tuesday press conference.

A young woman – possibly a teenager – was heard screaming for help shortly before dawn Monday north of Peru’s hospital, and police have recovered evidence she was forced into a sport-utility vehicle.