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A Streator woman was expected to appear for a detention hearing Wednesday after being picked up on multiple charges led by aggravated arson and home invasion.

Catch-a-Cajun, the food truck from the owners of the shuttered Cajun Connection of Utica, will not return this summer.

Goetsch’s Fresh Fruits & Veggies Farm Stand in Ottawa is moving to a new location.

A Long Point man died early Sunday morning in a single-vehicle crash just north of Flanagan, according to the Livingston County Coroner’s Office.

Hundreds of Catholics jammed churches in Seneca, Utica and La Salle as the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage made its way into Peoria Diocese.

Weather permitting, the intersection of Caton Road and North 30th Road in Ottawa will be closed to through traffic starting at 8 a.m. Wednesday, May 21, for water main extension work

Cumberland Cemetery Association will hold Memorial Day services at 1:30 p.m. Monday, May, 26 rain or shine, at the cemetery, located in rural Magnolia-Wenona.

A Streator man convicted of firing a gunshot at a fire pit at Hi-Tide Campground near Leland avoided prison or jail with a last-minute agreed sentence.

A Peru man could face up to a year in jail if convicted of making what police termed “terroristic threats” through Facebook.

The Serena baseball team – behind the pitching of Tucker Whiteaker – defeated Earlville in a Class 1A regional quarterfinal on Monday, while the WFC and Fieldcrest softball teams had seasons come to an end. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

In a 6-1 victory, Gardner-South Wilmington freshman Case Christensen pitched a seven-inning, complete-game victory over WFC to send the Panthers into Wednesday’s Class 1A Dwight Regional semifinals.

The Somonauk/Leland softball team scored nine runs in the second inning to back winning pitcher Kaydence Eade in a 12-2 win in five innings over Mendota in Monday's Class 2A Princeton Regional quarterfinal in Somonauk.

A Spring Valley man charged in the Ottawa shooting death will stand trial for murder on Sept. 8; but the jury won’t hear a tainted confession he gave police.

Ottawa Friendship House - Get ready for a day of golf, giving, and good times at the Ottawa Friendship House Charity Golf Outing on Friday, June 20, 2025, at Deer Park Golf Club (100 Deer Park Lane in Oglesby, IL).

Congratulations to The Times Athlete of the Week, Fieldcrest baseball’s Jordan Heider!

The Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce recently held its 2025 annual dinner at Starved Rock Lodge. The Leo Parkerson Award was presented to DeWayne Cronkright.

A new Italian restaurant focusing on fresh pasta, wine and bringing a culinary twist to classic Italian dishes and drinks is opening at the former JJ’s Pub in Ottawa.

Students from Milton Pope School will visit Illini State Park at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 21, to help maintain the Trees for Fallen Soldiers memorial

Marquette baseball is honoring lost fans and friends Doyle Olson and Charlie Ellerbrock with their initials on the back of their caps this season.

The Marquette baseball and softball teams both earned home wins over Forreston on Saturday, while the Seneca, Serena and Somonauk/Leland softball squads pick up victories. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Illinois Valley Community College board of trustees will meet at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, in board room C-307. Agenda items include personnel appointments, administrative contracts, the campus farmland lease extension, and a counseling and peer services contract extension.

Hasty said the partnership reflects a commitment to maintaining the long-term health of the Great Lakes, the Illinois River and all connected ecosystems

The Ottawa YMCA’s Discovery Preschool enrollment is now open

"Both instances jarred me out of my everyday reality into an ineffably dazzling moment of feeling a genuine spiritual encounter with the divine," Jerrilyn Zavada Novak writes in her Spirit Matters column.

Serena softball won in eight innings, Seneca softball split two games to take its first loss of the season, and the area went winless on the baseball diamond. That and more in The Times Friday Roundup.

It took until regionals for the La Salle-Peru girls soccer team to score its first win of the spring, but score it the Cavs did in a 2-1, wind-swept nail-biter at Streator on Friday.

A new playground is on the way for Merriner Park in Streator, with installation work expected to begin as early as next week

Logan’s Oasis will host a dodgeball tournament fundraiser Saturday, May 31, at the Streator Armory

Marilla Park’s disc golf course in Streator could soon see an expansion, with three additional holes possibly installed in time for a tournament later this month

The Seneca girls track and field team captured the program's 13th consecutive Class 1A sectional title on Thursday at Seneca High School.

Newark, Ottawa, Serena all score softball victories, Fieldcrest sends two girls to state track and field, plus more in The Times Thursday Roundup.

Avery Durdan blasted a pair of home runs, Savannah Erickson was solid in relief, and the Marquette Crusaders came away with a 9-6 nonconference victory Thursday.

Illinois Valley Indivisible will hold a rally with other local organizations for “women, children and public education” this Saturday in downtown Ottawa.

From regional play-ins to state championships, here are the complete baseball and softball postseason schedules for Times-area teams Ottawa, Streator, L-P, Morris, Sandwich, Marquette, Seneca, WFC, Fieldcrest, Earlville, Newark, Serena and Somonauk/Leland.

"To be honest, I never really did too much for the holiday. I knew I had a good mother and did try to do things to help her," Rodney Verdine of the Write Team writes in his most recent column.

Engle Lane Theatre will present The Wedding Singer, a musical comedy set in the 1980s, from Sunday, May 18, through Friday, May 23

Read the transcript from our Walls 102 interview by Dani Holland with Dr. Melissa Terry from Thrive Collective

The 2025 IESA Class 1A/2A State Track Meet is being held this weekend, and The Times area saw a bevy of area young athletes qualify out of various sectionals.

The Streator Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed new Executive Director, Derek Barichello, who will also be head of the Streator Area CEO program

The La Salle County Sheriff’s Office is reminding drivers to buckle up as part of the national “Click It or Ticket” campaign, which runs May 16 to May 27

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Listen to Walls 102’s Dani Holland interview Dr. Melissa Terry from Thrive Collective

The Ottawa baseball team topped Rochelle in an I-8 game Wednesday, while a number of girls from Sandwich and Flanagan-Cornell punched their tickets to the state meet in sectional competition. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

All five Ottawa senior softball players were key contributors in a fourth-inning, three-run rally in the Pirates' 7-3 Interstate 8 Conference and senior day win over Rochelle on Wednesday in Ottawa.

Eight current and former members of the Streator Fire Department were honored Tuesday at the 32nd Annual Illinois Fallen Firefighter Memorial and Firefighting Medal of Honor Ceremony for their life-saving actions during a house fire on Jan. 1, 2024

The Marseilles Spring Rummage Sales are set for Friday and Saturday, May 16-17, with more than 50 sales scheduled throughout the city

Congratulations to The Times Athlete of the Week, Streator softball’s Mya Zavada!

Six members of the Ottawa Fire Department have graduated from the paramedic program at Illinois Valley Community College

The Seneca softball defeated St. Bede 5-2 to finish off a second straight undefeated Tri-County Conference season on Tuesday, while Marquette and Newark also earned wins. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Dwight softball team scored two runs in the top of the first inning and held the lead throughout an 8-5 Tri-County Conference victory over Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell on Tuesday at Woodland High School in each sides regular-season finale.

Central Intermediate School in Ottawa announced its Champions of the Charter for April.