Earlville News

Q. The Times recently printed a financial report for LEASE. What is that? A. The La Salle/Putnam County Educational Alliance for Special Education provides the organized administration of all special education programs and services for La Salle and Putnam counties.

The La Salle County State's Attorney's Office filed these charges, arising from The Times' coverage area, that were not included in police reports.

Voters in eight more La Salle County townships will have the chance to cut their townships free of what remains of the once countywide forest preserve district.

An Earlville man was hurt after his truck hit a train Friday afternoon about one mile north of Earlville.

Todd M. Gammons, 30, 4460 East 1251st Road, Apt. 1, Earlville, was arrested Sunday at Madison and Columbus streets for aggravated driving under the influence, driving on a suspended license and driving without insurance.

The American Legion Post 549 is collecting stocking stuffers to send to our soldiers and military personnel overseas as a part of Project Santa, a La Salle County-wide program.

Farmers in La Salle and DeKalb counties will join with members from 19 area churches in nine denominations, all participants in two Food Resource Bank growing projects, to celebrate the harvest on a farm near Somonauk Saturday, Oct.

The scales of justice tipped in the opposite direction from an acquittal ruling Circuit Court Judge H. Chris Ryan Jr.

An Earlville man is set for a court date next month on an animal cruelty charge.

Trisha Kay Lewis of Kinsman and Paul Arthur Hoffman of Earlville were united in marriage at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 31, 2009.

Olivia Hester, 17, Streator, was arrested Wednesday at Wal-Mart, 4041 Veterans Drive, on a complaint of retail theft.

LaSALLE/PEORIA/METAMORA It was a busy night for firefighters across Central Illinois Tuesday morning.

Despite a deadline of Monday, Sept. 22, specific application information is unavailable on a low-interest bond program for local governments approved Monday by the La Salle County Board.

EARLVILLE AMERICAN LEGION POST 549 The American Legion James H. Hamill Post No. 549 will serve breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept.

Aseret Gonzalez of Earlville, a sophomore education major, is the newest Illinois Valley Community College Foundation 21st Century Scholar.

A historic Earlville home went up in flames Thursday morning. Firefighters responded to the three-story brick home, 4464 E. 1251st Road, built by Charles Sutphen, founder of Earlville, at 7:06 a.m. "Somebody drove by and saw the smoke coming from the house," said Earlville Fire Chief Larry Todd.

EARLVILLE – A LaSalle County father and son are free on $75,000 bond after being accused of cultivating a bumper crop of marijuana while trying to make it look as if it was simply growing wild.

Jerry Burke of Earlville ekes out extra inches Friday while competing in the 6,000-pound altered farm class during a truck and tractor pull at the La Salle County 4-H Fairgrounds in Ottawa.

A 34-year-old Earlville man is being held in a Wisconsin jail on charges he possessed a stolen Bobcat skidsteer and two trailers, DeKalb County sheriff's deputies said.

Jacob A. Stallings, 19, 2812 E. 2651st Road, rural Seneca, was cited at 1:09 a.m. Monday on North 30th Road near East 28th Road on a complaint of driving 84 mph in a 55-mph zone.