Oglesby News

Darrell R. Adams, 25, 302 S. Park St., Unit 1, was arrested at 2:15 a.m. Saturday at Johnson and Dalton streets on a complaint of driving while license revoked.

The Morris Theatre Guild, Inc. will present Noel Coward's “Hay Fever” on March 12-14, 20-21, 26-27 and closes Sunday, March 28.

Registration for the upcoming cyberbullying workshop has been extended through Monday.

Mary Brandt of Peru won the quilt raffle at Lily Pads Resale Boutique in Peru. Carol Alcorn, executive director of Illinois Valley Public Action to Deliver Shelter, said more than $350 was raised during the several months the quilt was on display.

The sixth annual Illinois Valley Regional "You Be the Chemist Challenge" was a fight to the finish for local contestants.

Support for deploying a state-of-the-art broadband fiber optic network across La Salle County is growing at a rapid pace, according to Ottawa's Economic Director Reed Wilson, a major proponent of the project.

The city of Oglesby was granted $1,345,000 in unused low-cost bond authority by the La Salle County Board at its meeting Monday.

The following is provided by the La Salle County Sheriff's Office, listing those processed at the jail, with their age, address, day of processing and pending charge : Jeffrey T. Considine, 42, 1611 Second St., Peru, Wednesday, civil problems.

The Illinois Valley Community College women's basketball team will play Kishwaukee at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the Division II Region IV championship at IVCC.

Book lovers of any age will enjoy wandering the many stacked shelves of the new Finnegan's Bookstore in Utica now open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 723 S. Clark St.

The Heritage Tractor Adventure will not rumble through eastern La Salle County this summer.

Everyone has their favorite Girl Scout cookie. Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Patties, Caramel deLites ... the list goes on.

AN OGLESBY man was charged with a class X drug offense when he was found to have 173 tins of heroin on Thursday, Feb.

SMITH Daughter, Mollee Nichole, to SSG Edward and Jennifer Smith of Ottawa Feb. 5 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.

The Tri-County Drug Enforcement and Narcotics Team said it took 173 packets of heroin out of circulation Thursday near Oglesby.

Raymond F. Brolley, 85, of Oglesby died at 8:03 a.m. Feb. 2, 2010, in his home. A Memorial Mass will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Holy Family Church, Oglesby.

Police said they halted a methamphetamine lab on wheels early Saturday morning in Oglesby.

Ten "You Be the Chemist Challenge" kits have just been delivered to participating middle schools just in time for cramming for the school level of this national science contest.

Ottawa resident Amanda Bigelow saw it as a bad sign. Bigelow, who teaches political science at Illinois Valley Community College in Oglesby, went before the Ottawa City Council Tuesday night to complain about the city streets department's removal of political signs from her yard on the city's East Side last week.

A striking sunset photo of the Illinois River by a Utica college student will grace the cover of La Salle County's official new year-round visitor's guide.