Peru Public Library will offer a free, in-person program, “Wits Workout,” from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesdays starting March 4, continuing for 12 consecutive weeks.

Princeton Elementary School District 115 will hold kindergarten registration for new students and current Bright Beginnings Preschool students on Feb. 26 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Feb. 27 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Douglas gymnasium.

Tickets for the retreat cost $125 per person. Spots are available on a first come, first serve basis. The deadline to register and submit a final payment is due two weeks before the start of the retreat.

Streator seniors LA Moton and Joe Hoekstra combined to score 17 of the Bulldogs’ final 21 points in a 52-42 victory Wednesday over visiting Lisle that sealed a second consecutive outright Illinois Central Eight Conference championship.

In The Times Wednesday Roundup, Sandwich, Earlville and Serena's boys basketball teams all took late-season losses.

The DePue boys basketball team beat LaMoille, plus more results in Wednesday's NewsTribune roundup.

The train was traveling westbound when a mechanical failure in the train’s engine caused a diesel fuel leak and fire.

With the election about a month away, the four candidates running for Bureau County Sheriff’s position spoke and answered questions from voters during a community forum on Tuesday night.

A Peoria woman charged with stealing merchandise from the Peru Kohl’s – and striking a store worker while making her getaway – will stay in La Salle County Jail while awaiting trial, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Ken Ficke, longtime member of Oglesby city gover