Ottawa Mostly clear, 52F

Wednesday Jun 19, 2013

• Dollars for Doose: Streator native's family raising money for service dog  
• PHOTO: Cross installed  
• Ottawa pre-approved for grant to build bus barn
• OES honors Funk for after-school program leadership  
• District 44 discusses booster club proposal

• Salvage operations complete at Marseilles dam
• 150th celebration parade plans take shape
• Grand Ridge considers sidewalk replacement  

• Quinn, Illinois lawmakers plan pension talks into July
• Madigan gets guns delay; speaker wants bill OK'd
• Illinois Senate debates university pensions

• ALL-AREA SOFTBALL SECOND TEAM: Second Team filled with First Team talent  
• Pihl, Times First Team shine through dreary spring  
• Learning Chiefs take their lumps from B-NBA Gold

• OUR VIEW: 'Your boys will be with you always'  
• OUR VIEW: Relay for Life raises astonishing total  
• OUR VIEW: GED graduates testament to the value of education

• GUEST COLUMN: Marseilles neighborhood becomes dark city  
• WRITE TEAM: Now these are REAL housewives  
• CAPITOL FACTS: Lisa Madigan's numbers slip