A look at the top softball players in the NewsTribune area for the 2026 season.

Families do not need to complete any additional forms or take any special action to participate.

The Streator Fire Department were approved this week for repairs at their training center and spectrometer for their hazmat equipment.

Police in Utica are launching a traffic enforcement campaign through July 6, focusing on impaired and unbuckled drivers.

A Quad Cities man has been jailed on charges of secretly filming minors in Marseilles. Jackson Yeager successfully appealed, however, and may get pre-trial release.

Camryn Driscoll and Common Green have been awarded the Teddy and Barbara Reed Scholarship for 2026 at Princeton High School. Both were heavily involved in athletics in their four years at PHS and were members of the National Honor Society.

Presented here are The Times area’s state qualifiers and their postseason accomplishments, the 2026 Times Boys Track and Field All-Area Honor Roll.

Congratulations to the 2026 Times Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year, Ottawa hurdler and state medalist Joey Liebhart.

Dr. David Lawrence, principal of St. Bede Academy in Peru, has announced St. Bede’s honor roll for the second semester of the 2025-26 school year.

Three Rivers Conference basketball teams will be adding a crossover “shootout” type event next season matching the teams from the East and West Divisions to determine an overall conference champion.