The Princeton girls won their own Howard-Monier Invite Thursday at Rathje Track, taking four firsts with seven seconds. Hall baseball and softball swept Mendota in Spring Valley while Bureau Valley swept Abingdon-Avon on Thursday. This and more in Thursday's BCR roundup.

Marquette's softball team run-ruled Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell for the second time this week, sweeping the Tri-County Conference series with an 18-0 home win Thursday.

Jefferson Elementary School’s second-grade classes invited community member Debbie Damron to celebrate the International Day of Happiness on Friday, March 20.

Commissioner of Public Health Tom Ganiere pointed to the fact that kratom is not controlled by the FDA, and is often mixed with other ingredients that are not listed on the item’s packaging, making kratom even more dangerous.

A ghost gun was drawn during a fight at Love’s in Oglesby, La Salle County prosecutors said, and the suspect was an ex-con with no business handling a firearm.

The first COVID-19 fraudster sentenced in La Salle County thought her five-year prison term was excessive, but Ebony Green is dropping her post-trial motions.

The Princeton High School scholastic bowl team recently recognized its players and season accomplishments during its annual Masonic banquet Tuesday, March 31.

A Granville man charged in the Monday robbery of Granville National Bank has a court-appointed lawyer and an April 13 detention hearing in Urbana.

BCR Sports Editor Kevin Hieronymus writes about his experience traveling to the NIT semifinals at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse at Butler University for the NIT semifinals.

Finding the Geographical Center of the Illinois Valley. See the geographical centers of La Salle, Bureau and Putnam Counties — and pinpoint where the three counties meet in geographic balance