“They’re Playing Our Song” to be performed in La Salle

Are ready to watch a theater production that has nothing to do with Christmas? Stage 212 in La Salle has just that coming next month.

“They’re Playing Our Song” is the musical love story starring Daniel Haun and Emily Hanck. It’s directed by Joe Ennenbach.

Performances are during the last two weekends of January at the community theater on First Street in La Salle. Tickets are $12 and go on sale January 12.

Disaster avoided at a home in Peru

There’s never a good time for a house fire, but 12:30am Christmas seems especially bad. Luckily for a family on Schuyler Drive in Peru only the tree was on fire.

The fire department was called but the fire was out before crews arrived. Nobody was hurt.

Teenage driver ticketed in fatal crash in Peoria

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) – Authorities in Peoria issued four traffic citations to a teenage driver involved in a fatal one-car crash last weekend.

The Peoria Journal Star reports police did not identify the 17-year-old driver because of privacy exemptions for juveniles. Peoria police gave the driver tickets for failing to reduce speed, improper lane usage, having too many passengers and reckless driving.

Seventeen-year-old Danielle Smith of Sparland died when the sport utility vehicle rolled in the Saturday crash. She was a junior at Midland High School in Varna.

Six other occupants of the vehicle were taken to Peoria hospitals for treatment. They’ve all been released.

Peoria County prosecutors also are reviewing the case.