LP Cavs take 2nd in Joliet

The LP Cavaliers baseball team returned to town with a second place trophy after loosing to Chicago Heights Marion in the Class 3A Boys Baseball Championship at Silvercross Field at Joliet.  Marion scored most of the runs in on inning, out scoring the Cavs 10 to 2.

The Cavs returned to LP High School with a police and fire escort.  It is the most successful Cavalier baseball team in school history.

Semi Crash Snarls I-80 Traffic Near Princeton

A semi that got caught up on a concrete median divider shut down traffic on Interstate 80 near Princeton.

Just after one o’clock Friday afternoon, the westbound semi got stuck in a construction zone just east of Princeton.  The semi immediately began leaking diesel fuel.  During the cleanup, eastbound I-80 traffic was re-routed using the Route 26 exit while westbound traffic was taken off the interstate using the I-180 exit.

After nearly a half hour, firefighters were able to get the semi driver out of truck.  The driver was taken to Perry Memorial Hospital.

The driver’s name and condition wasn’t released.

Chicago Teachers Still Debating Strike Vote

CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago’s 25,500 public school teachers are considering authorizing what could be their first strike in a
quarter of a century.

As the voting continued Friday, teachers said they were confident enough of them would vote to authorize union leaders call a strike if they feel it’s necessary. Teachers are angry about proposals they say would dramatically increase their workday but only minimally increase their pay.

They are looking for a pay increase of over 20 percent while board members have talked about 2 percent.

Man Injured In Peru Apartment Fire

One man was injured another rescued in an early morning apartment fire in Peru.

Fire Chief Jeff King says his department was called out to a two-story home on fire in the 300 block of Cross Street.  The home has been turned into five different apartments.

King says they rescued one man from a second-story window.  Another man living in the apartment where the fire started was taken to Illinois Valley Community Hospital with burns to his arm.

King says the fire is accidental.  He says it started with a pan of grease that got out of control and started the top two apartments on fire.

The initial fire call came in at 4:30 this morning.  La Salle, Oglesby, Spring Valley and Ladd Fire Departments all assisted Peru.

Celebrate La Salle Rolls Along

Celebrate La Salle continues into its third day.

Things get going at Hegeler Park at noon with a craft and vendor fair and volley ball tournament.  After that, there is kid’s activities, La Salle Idol, vendors and opening of the beer garden.

Celebrate La Salle finishes up tonight with music by Dewey Oxburger.