Each bus, a 2025 Blue Bird Vision Gasoline 71-passenger bus, costs $114,900.

Zion United Church of Christ, Peru, will host a special Living Lord’s Supper at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 29.

Blackouts are not a problem in Peru, but city officials still think they can reduce outages and improve overall efficiency. They’re getting state help to do it.

Princeton senior Keighley Davis was named Class 2A Illinois Media All-State Honorable Mention while Bureau Valley freshman Carson Gruber was named to the Illinois Prospects All-Freshmen Third Team. They were both first-team All-BCR.

A roll call of BCR Players of the Year since its inception in 1987

Hall senior Braden Curran averaged 14.8 ppg, scoring his 1,000th point along the way. He was named IBCA Class 2A Special Mention All-State and unanimously named Three Rivers East All-Conference. He is the 2025-26 BCR Boys Basketball Player of the Year.

La Salle-Peru senior Kamryn Oscepinski is the NewsTribune Girls Bowler of the Year for the second year in a row after she won conference and regional titles and finished 40th at state.

Here’s a look at the top girls bowlers in the NewsTribune area for the 2025-26 season.

Marquette softball won a wild one at Newark thanks to six Kelsey Cuchra RBIs, with other area winners including Streator, Ottawa Dwight and Fieldcrest baseball. That and more in The Times Monday Roundup.

The Marquette baseball team kept its strong start to the season going Monday, as the Cru scored 11 times in the second inning and finished with 21 total hits in a 21-1 victory in five innings over host Newark.