Crowds and cars will be roaring at the LaSalle Speedway when the 12th Annual Lucas Oil Spring Shootout takes place on May 18, the raceway website announced recently.

After two years without a budget and a failed attempt to compromise on a "grand bargain," some in Illinois are asking whether bankruptcy is a viable way out of the state's financial morass.

LaSalle County Insurance Committee met at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, April 27.

LaSalle County Health Department Board of Health met at 9 a.m. Thursday, April 27.

LaSalle County Hiring SubCommittee met at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 26.

Sandwich Public Library District Board of Trustees met at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday, March 21.

Sandwich Public Library District Board of Trustees met at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 22.

Tonica Community Consolidated School District 79 School PERA Board met at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 29.

Tonica Community Consolidated School District 79 Board of Education met at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 26.

Streator Elementary School District #44 Board of Education met 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 25.

Spring Valley Community Consolidated School District 99 Board of Education met at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 15.

Spring Valley Community Consolidated School District 99 Board of Education met at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 6.

Ottawa City Council met at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 25.

LaSalle County Property Committee met at 9 a.m. Friday, April 28.

Board of Education met at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 26.

Board of Education met Wednesday, March 15.

Board of Education met Wednesday, April 26.

Board of Education met at 7:30 p.m.Monday, April 24.

It's not just the moral aspect of House Bill 40 that Rep. Jerry Long (R-Streator) finds offensive. He also has trouble understanding why a state in such dire financial straits would want to go deeper in debt.

Peru City Council met Monday, May 1.