Streator News

The Streatorland Community Food Pantry has helped fill empty stomachs for 30 years, with the work bringing smiles and sadness.

Streator native Mike Boik lives in Moore, Okla., the center of tornado-related devastation this week.

Warren N. Milam, 91, of Streator, died Thursday morning, May 23, at Heritage Health, Streator.

The Princeton City Council voted Monday night to force Vissering Construction Co.

CHAT & CHEW Members of the Chat & Chew Club of Streator met May 14 at Teke's Sports Bar andGrill for their monthly luncheon.

A familiar act will return to Streator's Park Fest with a hat full of new tricks this weekend.

To the Editor: On May 8, we had lunch at 3:30 p.m. at Rose Garden in Streator. I, my daughter, daughter-in-law and son were having lunch and the waitress came over and said a gentleman had paid for all of our lunches.He told the waitress he was "just paying it forward." God bless him, and thank you so much.

The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team arrested three men on heroin complaints on Monday in Streator.

Photo: Submitted photo St. Michael School in Streator and Ransom Grade School hosted their cooperative annual athletic awards banquet recently.

THE ISSUE: 2 fatal Streator motorcycle accidents OUR VIEW: Everyone has a duty to be careful May is Motorcycle Awareness Month in Illinois.

A Streator man died Wednesday night, several hours after his motorcycle collided with a farm tractor near Matthiessen State Park.

New WLO officers for the 2013-14 academic year are Teirra Fulkerson of Grand Ridge, program executive, and Alexander Groh of Ottawa, membership executive.

The recreational center, equipped with six pool tables, Laser Tag, a jukebox, a claw machine and assorted video games, tabbed itself as a safe haven for them.

Edmund J. Mussatto, 68, of Marseilles, passed away Sunday, May 12, at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria.

This year's Streator Farmers Market will be one of 100 selected for the Illinois Department of Agriculture's Where Fresh Is branding campaign.

Streator City Council members came to a consensus Tuesday not to pursue a private proposal for a combined fire and ambulance service.

Streator is moving a step closer to an updated comprehensive plan and downtown redevelopment plan.

Bond was set Monday for the Streator man charged in connection with the death of a motorcyclist during the weekend.

Melissa Olivero of Peru was elected chair at a special reorganizational meeting of the Illinois Valley Community College Board May 7. Olivero was first elected to the board in April 2009 and appointed vice chair in May 2011.

La Salle County students and school groups that do something special now may be eligible for special honors.