Stage 212 is seeking directors for the 2024 season
https://www.stage212.org/director-show-applications LASALLE — Stage 212 is currently seeking director submissions for the 2024 season, including the Winter, Spring, Summer and fall slots. They are looking productions that are well-known, high recognizable musicals, dramas, and comedies. They are
COVID-19 claims life of child, community level rises in LaSalle County
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department is reporting that a pediatric child has lost their life to coronavirus, according to the latest COVID-19 update. The health department also reports that the community level in the
100 year old predictions about 2023
People will work a max of four hours a day. The headline read “No More Hard Work by 2023!” They said electricity would make it possible. No ugly people. They thought beauty pageants would become obsolete
McCarthy loses 11th vote; House adjourns with no speaker elected
The U.S. House of Representatives adjourned for a third straight day on Thursday without electing a House speaker, after Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy lost his 11th consecutive vote for the position. The House voted 219-213 along party lines
Police name father a suspect in killing of family of 8 in Utah
Police have named the father of the family of eight shot and killed inside a rural Utah home on Wednesday as a suspect in the case. Police identified the deceased as 42-year-old Michael Haight, his wife Tausha Haight,
Wind Turbine burns in northern LaSalle County
MENDOTA – A wind turbine in northern LaSalle County caught fire Thursday night. Area fire departments were called to the scene around 9 PM for the blaze, which they monitored well into the evening. The 285-foot-tall structure,
Texas fires coach Chris Beard following arrest on felony assault charge
University of Texas announced Thursday they have fired basketball coach Chris Beard, nearly a month after he was arrested on a third-degree felony assault charge for allegedly strangling and assaulting his fiancée in their home. Texas athletic director
Bills’ safety Damar Hamlin awake after cardiac arrest during game, asks doctors ‘did we win?’
On Thursday, Drs. Timothy Pritts and William Knight IV from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center provided an update about Bills’ safety Damar Hamlin; saying he is awake, can move his hands, feet and head, and asked
Parking spot dispute settled with game of Rock, Paper, Scissors
A couple of drivers in Ireland had a dispute over who was going to get the parking spot in a crowded lot. To settle it, the passenger in one vehicle and the driver of the other had
Man leaves wife behind at a rest stop, forces her to walk 13 miles
A 55-year-0ld man in Thailand stopped at a rest stop to use the bathroom in the middle of the night. His wife had been asleep in the backseat when he went in and when he came back