Ladd News

Brianne Leigh Hougas of Ladd, formerly of Ottawa, and Brian Patrick Riley of Ladd, will be married Saturday, May 26, at Waltham Presbyterian Church in Utica.

The Zearing Child Enrichment Center in Princeton will host a Scholastic Book Fair next week.

ABATE Starved Rock Chapter, ABATE of Illinois, will meet at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, at Ladd Lanes, 212 S. Main Ave., Ladd.

On the climb to a future career, after-school jobs can be the first rung. High school students and young adults who believe their first part-time jobs are run-of-the-mill or mundane might need to re-evaluate the importance of their work.

To the Editor: When the country is going to hell, you would think religion would be the stable force underpinning society.

Ronald R. McGlasson, 68, of Sheridan, passed away Sunday, Jan. 29, at Provena Mercy Center Hospital in Aurora.

Most of Ladd's precious Catholic church was demolished a week ago, with the final collapse of the bell tower happening just this past Wednesday morning.

Leepertown School Board members unanimously approved a petition to dissolve their school district, citing difficulties in providing a high quality educational program due to “serious financial hardship due to the limited financial resources available to the district.” It was the last step in a 30-month process to deal with the ... (more)

Firefighters control flames that heavily damaged a home on the 3600 block of Genesee Drive in Parkwood.

Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Eiten of 202 S. Chicago Ave., Ladd, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Nov.

For several years, a human waste product has been hauled into the area of Hall Township east of Route 89, north and south of Interstate 80, spread over the fields and worked into the soil.