A 16-year-old was taken to OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center in Peru after falling about 30 feet on Friday at Matthiessen State Park, Illinois Conservation Police Sgt. Phil Wire said.

OSF HealthCare’s recent offer to keep a limited ICU in Ottawa hinged on the city endorsing its broader consolidation plan, a condition city officials rejected as unfair and unacceptable

A former La Salle man serving a life sentence for murder has died in prison, the Illinois Department of Corrections confirmed Wednesday.

The gunman in the Easter Sunday shooting in Streator was convicted of all charges.

The police never found DNA, fingerprints or a weapon linking Tyler Skerett to the Easter Sunday shooting in Streator. What they do have is a witness who says he heard Skerett utter threats and some problematic text messages.

A Princeton man was found deceased on Sunday after entering the Illinois River, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said in a Monday news release.

Steven Olson always dreamed of playing on the game show Jeopardy one day. Knocking off a 7-day champion and winning four games was not a part of that dream. The Princeton band instructor won four straight games pocketing more than $76,000 in prize money.

On Thursday evening, Mendota Police responded to reports of a shooting at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Sixth Street.

A Chicago man was charged with aggravated domestic battery after a Tuesday morning incident in Mendota that led to a three-hour standoff with police. There were no injuries.