The Pretrial Success Act legislation builds upon the Pretrial Fairness Act by constructing a support system for people awaiting trial in the community, with a proposed $15 million investment designed to expand access to health and human services.
The Illinois Board of Higher Education awarded 76 nurse educator fellowships, totaling $760,000, for fiscal year 2024, including one to Illinois Valley Community College’s Cathy Lenkaitis.
La Salle-Peru High School will host a community forum on Wednesday, May 8, to consider implementing tougher restrictions on cellphones for students during the 2024-2025 school year.
Qualifying La Salle residents looking to apply for the Housing Rehabilitation Grant, following an April 24 announcement from Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may have to wait a few months for the process to begin.
The city of Peru will flush hydrants beginning Monday, May 13, through Friday, May 24.
The La Salle County Health Department in collaboration with the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois and in partnership with Illinois Valley Community College will be offering free kidney and diabetic at IVCC, 815 N. Orlando Smith St., Oglesby.
The Hall baseball team earned a conference win and more baseball and softball results in Thursday's NewsTribune.
Newman scored five runs in the third inning and six runs in the sixth inning on the way to a 14-3 win TRAC East victory, completing the series sweep after defeating Princeton 15-0 Monday in Sterling.