Her eyes welling with tears, her hands trembling, she drew her breath deeply and began to speak, slowly at first, her pace increasing as her story reached its crescendo, tears spilling over and ...
For four years the 26.2-mile Samuel Adams Starved Rock Country Marathon has become the “must do” event for avid runners. (Credit: Angela Accomando) The outpouring of generosity in Starved Rock Country ...
OTTAWA, Ill. — Historic Ottawa is a two-hour drive southwest of the Loop and is Chicago’s sister city. It’s home to the first Lincoln-Douglas debate, great restaurants and so much more. Take a walk ...
The tornado that caused serious damage to Naplate and Ottawa Tuesday was an EF-3 tornado, the National Weather Service reports. Citing preliminary storm damage survey results, the NWS also reported a ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WGN Radio’s John Williams steps in for Dave ...
When Robert Eschbach became mayor of Ottawa, Illinois, in 1999, his community was in serious trouble. Ottawa was in a dispiriting descent, battered by job loss, recurring flooding, a badly ...
The tale of how residents of Ottawa, Illinois, helped a fugitive slave escape to freedom marks a transitional phase in the state’s history, experts say, but has been largely forgotten. Historians hope ...
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