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.

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.

La Salle County deputies didn’t find much alcohol on the roads Thanksgiving weekend -- just one DUI -- but 20 unlucky motorists were caught speeding or using handheld devices.

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

Nicolaus Phillips will stand trial March 5 for the fatal shooting of an Ottawa man. Newly-filed court records show he plans to argue self-defense.

A Streator man was sentenced to 80 years in prison in the shooting that killed one and injured two others.

Logan Petre could one day walk out of prison, but he’ll be old man after serving his time for killing dad Leo Petre on Father’s Day weekend 2024.

An Earlville man faces up to 30 years in prison if downloading a video containing sexual images involving a child.

A Streator man was ordered held Friday in La Salle County Jail after police seized a loaded 9-mm and a silencer.