Lili McClain became the fifth 1,000-point scorer in the history of St. Bede girls basketball program, now with 1,039 points and counting. Here’s a look at the 1,000-point scorers for the Lady Bruins.

In her very first year in the field, Clara Ferrari, 24, of Peru, captured the 2026 Princeton Women's Masters Tournament, leading from start to finish, upending defending champion Katie Gerrard 99.15 to 95.22 in Peterson Points.

La Salle-Peru junior Aiden McCray was voted NewsTribune Athlete of the Week after qualifying for the state bowling tournament.

Marquette Academy baseball coach Todd Hopkins, after back-to-back Class 1A state championships for the Crusaders, has been nominated for the National High School Coaches Association's Coach of the Year Award.

The Putnam County 8th grade boys basketball team is going back to state. The Pumas edged Serena 44-42 to capture the 2A Wethersfield Sectional on Monday. It is the second straight year for the PC 8th grade class to reach the IESA State Tournament.

Congratulations to The Times Athlete of the Week, Marquette boys basketball's Griffin Dobberstein!

The La Salle County Recorder’s Office has introduced a new fraud prevention tool designed to protect notaries and the community from the growing threat of notary-related document fraud.

The Mendota City Council approved the use of Lake Mendota Park for the 9th annual polar plunge. The plunge will be at noon on Saturday, Feb 28 at Lake Mendota.

The Oglesby Knights of Columbus, 307 E. Florence St., will host an Ash Wednesday fish and shrimp fry from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18.

In northern Illinois’s largest cities to its smallest towns, counterfeit pills, whose effects are boosted by fentanyl, kill users and devastate the families they leave behind.