A 16-year-old boy died following a single-vehicle crash Thursday night on Route 251, just south of North 45th Road, and north of Mendota.
A Bloomington man already charged with threatening a mass shooting at an Ottawa school now is accused of attacking one of his jailers.
Country pop star Mitchell Tenpenny will take the Bureau County Fair stage Thursday, Aug. 22, with special guest Lauren Alaina, keeping a tradition of headline county stars performing in the annual event in Princeton.
The Peru hospital has been reopened, but OSF HealthCare warned Tuesday tough times remain for rural hospitals.
A Plainfield, Indiana, man was charged in connection with a stolen vehicle Nov. 4 in Ottawa, according to a news release Tuesday from the Ottawa Police Department.
Chester Weger could learn July 1 (maybe) whether he can continue trying to overturn his murder conviction.
How much work did OSF HealthCare put into rehabbing the Peru hospital? So much Peru Mayor Ken Kolowski barely recognized it. “It’s unbelievable,” Kolowski said. “If I woke up in here on a stretcher, I wouldn’t know where I was.”
Would the state of Illinois rename Starved Rock State Park? The Illinois Department of Natural Resources said it’s a possibility.
A California man could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted of hauling 11 pounds of ketamine, a horse tranquilizer sold on the black market, after he was arrested Thursday in Peru.