Car enthusiasts are invited for “Cars and Coffee” dates on April 25, May 23, June 27, July 25, Aug. 15, Sept. 19 and Oct. 24 meeting at the parking lot in Princeton at the corner of North Main and Elm Place. The event starta at 8 a.m. for coffee and donuts at Miss Betsy’s Donuts

Stage 212 is holding auditions for “The Drowsy Chaperone” at 6 p.m. Friday, April 17, and 12 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at Lighted Way in La Salle, according to a press release.

One couldn’t blame the St. Bede Bruins for feeling a bit cold for Monday’s game at Bureau Valley with the thermometer hitting a high of 47 at game time. They just returned home from a week playing in 80-degree weather on a spring trip to Tennessee.

The Ottawa baseball team - behind three-hit games from Rizon Contreras and Colt Bryson - topped Bloomington High on Tuesday, while Serena, Newark and Somonauk all earned Little Ten wins. Plus more in The Times Tuesday Roundup.

The La Salle-Peru softball team recorded 14 hits, seven for extra bases including a second-inning home run by Kelsey Frederick, to fuel a 17-3 victory in five innings over host Newark on Tuesday.

St. Bede scored nine runs on eight hits in the top of the fifth, including home runs by Lily Bosnich and Macy Strauch, on the way to a 12-2 nonconference win at Bureau Valley.

The Oglesby City Council observed a moment of silence Monday for George Cullinan, a one-time mayor who served in the 1990s.

The Peru City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Monday governing e-bikes and other low-speed devices – and the police issued a warning that riders had better obey the new rules.

Grand Ridge United Methodist Church will hold a potluck supper and gospel concert featuring the Wanda Mountain Boys Saturday, April 11.

The Putnam County Public Library District’s Granville Branch invites the public to a free screening of “Earth Days,” at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 14.