Bureau County Jail may yet house overflow inmates from Chicago, but the Bureau County Board tabled the proposal for additional study and discussion.

The Bureau County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of an 18-year-old man found unconscious Saturday in the 100 block of East Second Street in Wyanet.

Country music star Trace Adkins is coming to Princeton in August.

La Salle County authorities identified the victim in a Friday crash north of Ottawa.

Chester Weger has not yet succeeded in overturning his murder conviction – but a judge ruled Friday he can keep trying.

A man reported missing from the Champaign area has been identified as the person found dead June 8 at the decommissioned Cherry Mine, Bureau County Sheriff James Reed said Thursday in a news release.

The April 2025 ballot is starting to take shape in the Illinois Valley. Here is who filed in La Salle, Mendota, Oglesby, Peru, Princeton, Spring Valley, Streator and Utica.

Tuesday was the first day candidates could file for municipal races in the consolidated election in April – and candidates filed in La Salle, Mendota, Peru, Princeton, Spring Valley, Streator and Utica.

Polls open at 6 a.m. Tuesday and close at 7 p.m. Here is a review of our coverage of contested races throughout La Salle, Bureau and Putnam counties.