The Kaneland boys basketball team shot 64% from the field and used a trio of big runs to stay unbeaten and clinch the outright Interstate 8 Conference title with a 70-43 victory over Ottawa at Kingman Gym on Tuesday.

With the clock ticking down the final seconds of overtime, junior sixth man Sharonn Morton was not the Streator boys basketball team's top scoring option. Tuesday, though, he was the winning option in a 36-34 victory over Herscher.

The Mendota boys basketball team beat Kewanee to finish as co-Three Rivers East champs, plus more results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

From Capitol News Illinois: Mendrick has been a vocal critic of the state’s SAFE-T Act, and also says public schools should return to focusing on teaching basic skills such as reading, writing and math, and that they should have to compete with private schools for enrollment

An aged parolee pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony drug charge. Kent Koehler would be 80 years of age when and if he completes his new sentence.

For the third consecutive time Wilmington's Keeley Walsh stepped to the free throw line with a chance to win her team the game in the waning seconds and for the third straight time she delivered as the Wildcats captured a 47-46 win over Seneca at the Seneca Class 2A Regional.

Senior Maddux Heitzler became the 16th 1,000 point. scorer in the history of Annawan Braves basketball. Tanner Carlson, who scored 2,045 points from 2004-08, is the all-time scoring leader. Annawan coaches Alex Coppejans (1,194) and Ben Buresh (1,123) are also on on the list

One of the victims killed in a Saturday morning crash on Route 71 near Norway has been identified as Francisco Moreno, 21, of DePue.

Firefighters from multiple departments responded on Monday afternoon to a rapidly spreading brush fire along 1355 North Avenue in the southeast part of Princeton.

The Earlville High School blood drive is an opportunity to help one or more graduating seniors earn a scholarship through a blood donation.