Bureau Valley’s Logan Philhower is an all-stater again. The 2026 BCR Player of the Year has received Class 1A Honorable Mention All-State honors from the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association. He became Bureau Valley’s first player named all-state in 2025.

Last year, Logan Philhower set the school record for ERA at 1.20, becoming Bureau Valley’s first player to receive first-team All-State honors For an encore, the Storm ace lowered his school ERA record to 0.84 this season, going 4-2 with 89 strikeouts.

Illinois Valley Community College recently celebrated 49 students for completing the registered nursing program at the college’s associate’s degree nursing graduation on May 16.

It’s a bit of a long shot, but Peru is going to try for a new source of funding – one that raised more than $100 million for a city in southern Illinois.

Work will replace the bridge deck. The structure and the Hennepin Canal Trail underneath the bridge will be closed during the project.

At least 70 properties were damaged by last week’s tornado in Streator, according to updated assessments from La Salle County officials on Monday.

Woodland Community School in Streator is continuing its donation drive through to help south Streator residents get back on their feet after the tornado last week.

Area fire crews responded to a fire at Carus Chemical in the early hours of Monday morning in the 1500 block of Eighth Street in La Salle.

The Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp return home for four games this week after going 0-6 on a road trip.

Chandler Creedon won the 78th annual Pine Hills Invitational at Pine Hills Golf Course in Ottawa on Sunday. Creedon defeated Jeremy DeBernardi on the first sudden death playoff hole after the two had tied at 143 in regulation at the two-day, 36-hole event.