07/14/11 An Elgin man with a lengthy criminal history has been sent to prison after his recent conviction for being in possession of a stolen car. Jesus A. Garza, 36, of Elgin, was sentenced Wednesday by Associate Judge Leonard Wojtecki to six years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
07/14/11 Between April 3 and Wednesday, someone stole a pair of license plates from a garage in the 300 block of Hickory Place in Elgin, put them on a vehicle and drove through I-PASS lanes without paying, police said. The plates' owner discovered this once she started getting notices from the Illinois Tollway Authority about her owing money from her old license plates, reports said. She suspects a man ...
07/14/11 Ottawa's Cole Riebe participated in his first La Salle County 4-H Show and Junior Fair Thursday. With the help of his grandfather, he put together and painted a toy wooden car from a Cub Scout's kit in the woodmaking
07/14/11 A mother and two children died following a Thursday afternoon house fire between Streator and Grand Ridge. La Salle County Sheriff Tom Templetonsaid Thursday night the bodies of an adult female and two young boys were discovered by firefighters
07/12/11 Dynegy Inc. is refinancing debt and altering its corporate structure to avoid a default, putting bondholders at a disadvantage by reducing their claims on the assets of the third-largest independent U.S. power producer.
07/12/11 Q. How can Keith Mackowiak, the man accused in the 2007 beating deaths of Aloysius and Catherine Twardowski of Seneca, be charged with 30 counts of first-degree murder when there were only two victims? A. On Aug. 7, 2007,
07/11/11 Four years to the day a husband and wife were found murdered in their Seneca home and a suspect was arrested for the crime, a date for his trial was set during a La Salle County court status hearing Monday.
07/10/11 Four years after he was arrested in connection with the brutal murders of two elderly Seneca residents, 43-year-old Keith Mackowiak remains locked inside a La Salle County Jail isolation cell without a scheduled trial date. That could soon
06/30/11 The Steve Miller Band has hit the road for a North American summer concert tour
06/20/11 The Illinois Coaches Association has announced their selections for their ICA State All-Star Teams. Two members and the coach of the IHSA Class 2A State Runner-up Shelbyville Lady Rams (33-8) were honored as team members.
06/12/11 Each year, The Times recognizes the valedictorians and salutatorians from high schools in our coverage area. Today, students from Seneca, Serena, Somonauk, Streator and Woodland high schools are featured. SENECA HIGH Valedictorian: Kaitlin Maierhofer, daughter of
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06/09/11 The top 10 moments in DuPage County girls athletics for the 2010-11 school year. Joshua Welge column.
06/08/11 1172, Pittsburgh, Rand Ravnaas, LF, Georgetown. 1173, Seattle, Christopher Andreas, 1B, Sam Houston St. 1174, Arizona, Chris Ellison, OF, Oklahoma. 1175, Baltimore, Pat Cantwell, C, Stony Brook.
06/07/11 Here list of players who were chosen in the first 30 rounds of the Major League Baseball Draft.
06/03/11 On the football field, Ottawa graduate Drew Thomas takes care of business. The athletics banquet for University of Texas El Paso football was held recently and the coaches and teammates confirmed exactly that as they selected him as UTEP's
06/03/11 Luke Wielgopolan is moving on. The Ottawa grad, who just finished his sophomore year at St. Ambrose University, will move a little closer to home next year as he competes for the Illinois State University Redbirds. "This was
06/03/11 Catlin Park of LaSalle County was the site of the 18th annual LaSalle County EcoMeet on May 5. Seven high school teams and nine junior high teams participated in the event.
05/31/11 Kaitlin Finneran drove in the only run and made a key defensive play Monday to help Morrison beat Quincy Notre Dame 1-0 and earn a spot in the Illinois Class 2A softball semifinals for the second year in a row.
05/31/11 Ohio's corn crop, which in April looked like it could be the second-biggest planting since World War II, now is in danger of being one of the smallest planted. | 
