Ottawa police have charged a man in connection with the early Saturday shooting at the Zeller Inn.

The Starved Rock Country Community Foundation recently announced it elected Derek Barichello to the board of directors in February of 2026.

A single-family home in Ottawa that sold for $570,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in La Salle County in the past week.

A shooting on early Saturday morning at Zeller Inn in Ottawa left one person hospitalized.

A homeless man has been charged after a woman in her 60s was found unconscious with injuries in a wooded area in Ottawa on Thursday night.

Local physicians say loneliness, anxiety, and lifestyle shifts are contributing to long-term health risks for millennials

As tornadoes hit Northern Illinois, millions are turning to livestreaming weather creators instead of traditional forecasts — raising new questions about how people stay safe

At 9:11 p.m., a severe squall line capable of producing tornadoes and extensive straight-line wind damage was located along a line extending from near Grand Ridge to near South Streator to Flanagan to near Gridley, moving east at 45 mph, the weather service said.

A tornado warning was issued at 7:45 p.m. Friday for Bureau and Putnam counties, though officials in both had no immediate confirmation of a touchdown. A rotating cloud may have set off the alert.