Granville News

Adamson-Polson reunion PRINCETON - The annual Adamson-Polson family reunion will be at noon July 12 at Zearing Park in Princeton.

The Illinois Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill changing the Illinois Freedom of Information Act Thursday, echoing the approval of their counterparts in the Illinois House, and sending the bill to Gov.

A pregnant young woman from Lowpoint was sentenced Thursday to six months in the Putnam County Jail later this year for a sex offense unrelated to her pregnancy.

A Streator man taken into custody after a multi-agency police standoff in this Putnam County community Thursday was arrested on warrants from two other counties, authorities said.

Four people were taken to the Putnam County Sheriff's Department on Thursday after an incident that began with someone saying he "needed cash in order to avoid being harmed" and ended with a LaSalle County SWAT team evacuating a Granville household.

Caitlyn Marie Albrecht, stillborn infant daughter of Jonathan and Rebecca Albrecht, died Wednesday, April 14, 2009, at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.

Mystery partly solved: We won't let Denise Laack become unknown again. Last week, I wrote about the discovery of the bodies of the two Connolly boys and their father.

One of two apparently abducted and murdered young LeRoy brothers had been stabbed, and prescription medication bottles were found at the scene, a Putnam County official said Friday, the day the boys were buried.

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and five others were indicted on federal corruption charges Thursday.

Putnam County authorities have decided to wait until at least Friday to release any further information on two LeRoy boys who will be buried that day as victims of what police are calling a double homicide and suicide committed by their father.

Like many sons, Brian Burress followed his dad into the steel mill. They were good jobs, best in the county, with wages you could raise a family on and benefits coveted by most.

The Prairie Arts Center is once again gearing up for a theatrical venture with “Little Women - The Broadway Musical,” which will be performed at Thursday through Sunday at the arts center, 24 Park Ave.

Pat Quinn is "a good boy," said one veteran who listened to the new governor outline his commitment Thursday to provide state funding for a long-delayed expansion in services at the LaSalle Veterans Home.

According to a press release from state Sen. Gary Dahl, R-Granville, Gov. Pat Quinn has announced plans to reopen Illini State Park in Marseilles.

On Feb. 11, 215 area families received a total of 10,239 pounds of food through a food distribution at First Christian Church, 455 W. Southmor Road.

Two area coaches and one former area player were among the honorees at the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame dinner on Saturday in Lisle.

Banners available PRINCETON - American Legion Post 125 of Princeton has available on hand one- and two-star banners for purchase to honor family members who are currently serving their country in any branch of ...

When ArcelorMittal announced its plans Dec. 9 to shut down the steel finishing plant in Hennepin, Dave York, president of United Steelworkers Local 7367, said the union wouldn't sit back and watch it happen.

A controversy-packed decision about whether to replace small-town elementary schools with grade-level attendance centers for the youngest students in the Fieldcrest School District probably will be delayed at ...

Adam and Susan Zimmer of Granville are the parents of a son, Adam Xavier, born Nov.