The Hall boys basketball team outscored Princeton 16-3 to close out the third quarter, ending on an 11-0 run. That proved just the ticket to send the Red Devils to a 52-49 Three Rivers East win.

Sycamore senior Grace Amptmann's 3-pointer started a quick-hit, game-changing 13-0 run over a two-minute span in the fourth quarter on Friday to help the Spartans earn a 57-45 Interstate 8 Conference victory over Ottawa at Kingman Gymnasium.

Some pretty second-half shooting and transition play allowed Wilmington's boys basketball team to flip a three-point halftime deficit into a 13-point victory over the Streator Bulldogs on Friday.

From Capitol News Illinois: Illinois and the four other Democratic-led states that were subject to the Trump administration’s freeze on $10 billion in federal funding for child care and family services secured a restraining order on Friday in their lawsuit seeking to block it

Bureau Valley (10-7) will play Wilton, Iowa at Wharton Fieldhouse in Moline at 11:45 a.m. Saturday. The Bureau Valley JV will also participate with a game at 2;15 p.m. at the Pepsi-Co Center. Also featured in the notebook is Princeton Masters Bowling and SRC boys tournament

Bureau Valley (10-7) will play Wilton, Iowa at Wharton Fieldhouse in Moline at 11:45 a.m. Saturday. The Bureau Valley JV will also participate with a game at 2;15 p.m. at the Pepsi-Co Center. Also featured in the notebook is Princeton Masters Bowling and SRC boys tournament

Utica Public Library announces its upcoming free events for 2026

The Bureau Valley FFA Greenhand Leadership Team will hold a pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon Sunday, Jan. 25 in the Bureau Valley High School Commons, 9154 County Road 2125 N., Manlius.

Roosty’s Chicken will celebrate the grand opening of its Ottawa location on Sunday, Jan. 11, at 2749 Columbus St.

The Streator home, built in 1948, has an interior space of 3,546 square feet