A pickup truck crashed into the south side of the BP gas station on West Si Johnson Avenue in Sheridan just before noon Tuesday. No one was injured, and the pickup was towed from the scene.
Marquette Academy in Ottawa has a new four-legged staff member. Through a partnership with the United Way of Eastern La Salle County, students met Cruz, or Cru for short, on Monday. The dog will work with a staff member to become a certified therapy dog team for the school. Cruz is the 16th "Paw Pal" the United Way has provided to area schools.
A driver was ejected when his vehicle rolled over on Interstate 80 west of Ottawa around 1:15 a.m. Wednesday. Crews found the damaged vehicle and the driver on the eastbound side of the interstate. He had facial, hand and arm injuries and was taken by ambulance to OSF in Ottawa. A Life Flight helicopter was put on standby but was not needed.
The corner property at 101 Mill Street in Utica, now the Lodi Tap House and once Duffy's Tavern, is listed for sale or lease by the brokerage EatZ & Associates. The building survived the 2004 tornado. The package includes a beer garden and live music venue across the street and an upstairs event space. The asking price for all the properties is $850,000, leasing the Lodi property is $6,500 a month, and the business assets alone are offered for $99,000.
Streator was chartered in 1868 on a bluff above the Vermilion River. Coal brought the railroads, and glass made the name: for decades the town turned out more glass bottles than almost anywhere on earth. Walk the brick blocks downtown and the story is still there in the cornices.