La Salle County Court

A Streator man was ordered detained Friday for allegedly possessing a .40-caliber pistol and ammunition despite a felony record.

A Bloomington man already charged with threatening a mass shooting at an Ottawa school now is accused of attacking one of his jailers.

A Streator man charged with murder had his trial moved Friday to mid-summer. Attorneys also hinted there might be a deal forthcoming.

Chester Weger could learn July 1 (maybe) whether he can continue trying to overturn his murder conviction.

A California man charged with hauling 11 pounds of horse tranquilizer – and admitting so to police – now is accused of cutting his ankle bracelet and is considered a fugitive.

A La Salle man charged with multiple gun and drug felonies has a new lawyer, new trial dates and, in a likely first for La Salle County, an agreement that he’ll stay locked up.

A La Salle County grand jury convened Tuesday, April 9, and returned the following indictments.

A Spring Valley man already facing a felony charge in La Salle County for a 2021 shooting (nobody was hurt) is charged in the recent shooting of a man in Boone County. The victim survived.

Four individuals were arrested and charged in a jewelry theft after leaving Ottawa Walmart. Ottawa police said Monday the four may be part of “an organized, multi-state theft ring.”

A California man was released Friday from La Salle County Jail after he was alleged to have hauled 11 pounds of horse tranquilizer – and after he’s alleged to have said so to police.

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.

La Salle police announced Wednesday an arrest was made following a Dec. 11 robbery at gunpoint.

A La Salle man accused of trying to break into an ATM in La Salle last summer was ordered detained Tuesday in La Salle County Jail after Ottawa police linked him to three more thefts and/or burglaries.

Five residents of La Salle County were charged with drug felonies following investigations conducted by the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team, Tri-DENT said in a Tuesday news release.

A woman on parole for murder was granted pre-trial release Monday after, prosecutors allege, she was caught with about 2½ pounds of cocaine.