WTC beam moves through area

PERU — A piece of the World Trade Center on it’s way to Colorado traveled through La Salle County earlier this morning. The five-foot long, 3,000 pound beam is on a journey from New York City to Fort

Dry conditions persisting, growing in area

UNDATED — After a very wet start to the summer, rain has been hard to come by over the last three months, creating near short-term drought conditions. Reports from the Illinois Climatology Office show areas of La Salle

Soft Lockdown at Mendota HS

MENDOTA — A heavy police presence earlier this week at Mendota High School was all part of a “planned” soft lockdown. Superintendent Jeff Prusautor says they run the exercise two to three times a year, when police will