Northbrook Middle School recently announced its honor roll for the first trimester of the 2025-26 school year.

An Ottawa man pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a minor Friday and was sentenced to 30 years.

Kevin Billups of Peru was awaiting a jury trial for dealing cocaine – jurors were to be selected Monday – when he allegedly, and while on pre-trial release, sold another 2 ounces of cocaine.

The event is free and open to all children and families.

The link to apply for scholarships is open through Feb. 5, 2026, at ivcc.awardspring.com.

Bishop Louis Tylka has renewed the Archbishop Fulton Sheen Foundation Advisory Board amid growing public interest in the venerable’s legacy and canonization cause.

"Day" Jones interviews Stephen Wolf, who will be participating in Dreamwave's Good as Gold event this Saturday at the Kaycee Club in La Salle

She claimed to run a daycare service in Ottawa with earnings of $100,000. Ebony Green was actually a hair stylist earning a fraction of that. Yet she got a COVID-19 relief loan for nearly $20,000. Ebony Green may now go to prison for five years.

St. Bede Academy announced Thursday seven members of the Class of 2026 have been named Illinois State Scholars by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.