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Volunteers with GAF in Peru and Stage 212 productions removed old seating inside Stage 212 on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in La Salle. A church in Kalamazoo, Mich., will be picking up the seats this weekend. Beginning next week, construction will commence on new seats, a new stage curtain, acoustic panels for the walls, a new ceiling, HVAC improvements, sound enhancements, lighting upgrades, new carpeting in the auditorium and lobby, and painting. The goal is to have the project completed by the beginning of October and we will unveil it to the public with the fall production of Puffs in November. Stage 212 is still taking donations for the project. You can donate through their website at https://www.stage212.org/.

The long-planned renovation of Stage 212 is now underway.

The town hall meeting at Oswego High School is part of her summer town hall series.

Illinois saw 142 tornadoes in 2024. With weather teams stretched thin because of federal budget cuts, forecasters warn the next storm might slip through the cracks

Three leaders in the Illinois Valley Community College’s theater program have created a scholarship to support students who perform onstage or behind the scenes.

Ottawa Postmaster Mark Thompson has seen a few waylaid pieces of mail but, until Friday, never one lost for 72 years. His staff received a postcard postmarked in 1953.

A new mural will be getting set up soon on the east side of Streator at the former Lipton Tea building lot on the corner of Wasson and Main streets, right across from the fire station.

The suspect in a pair of fatal shootings in Sheridan has a new lawyer and won a concession Friday from his judge: Ronald Martin can wear street clothes, rather than jail stripes, at future court dates.

Illinois Valley Community College Board of Trustees will meet at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 19, in the Board Room.