Hall's 2018 state champion baseball team, Al Baldonado, Jim Thompsno enshrined together in Hall of Fame class of 2026

The La Salle Lincoln seventh grade boys basketball team will play in the IESA Class 3A third-place game Thursday, while Putnam County saw its season end in the 2A quarterfinals Saturday.

The Oglesby American Legion will hold its monthly taco night from 4:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11.

The suspect in the Streator City Park shooting will not stand trial this week.

Wondering if we’re in for another six weeks of winter? You’ll have to wait until Tuesday to find out. The groundhog that appeared Sunday at Starved Rock State Park was in no mood to prognosticate.

Hall senior Braden Curran became the 13th 1,000-point scorer in Red Devils boys basketball history on Saturday, scoring 20 points to raise his career totals to 1,009. Here’s a look at the Red Devils’ 1,000-point Club as compiled by BCR Sports Editor Kevin Hieronymus

Calvert Council Knights of Columbus in La Salle raised just over $3,500 each for Horizon House and Lighted Way during the Knights’ Tootsie Roll drive conducted Sept. 19-21, 2025.

A man convicted in an Ottawa home invasion, during which shots were fired, has struck out with an appeals court. Fernando Martinez got no relief and will continue serving his 28-year sentence.

The Putnam County Public Library District’s Condit Branch will screen “Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP” at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12.

The Putnam County Public Library District’s McNabb Branch invites the public to “Splash of Color: Watercolor Workshop,” at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11.