The Ottawa baseball team was limited to just three hits by Metamora's Mason Sauder and the host Redbirds put together two big scoring innings in Saturday's 9-1 loss in the Class 3A regional championship game. The Pirates finished the season at 19-13-1, the most wins in 13 years.

Monmouth-Roseville knocked off favorite Rock Island Alleman 4-2 for the 2A Princeton Tegional title, riding the complete-game effort of Clay Casteel, who allowed six hits with five strikeouts.

The Putnam County baseball team defeated Annawan-Wethersfield 8-2 on Saturday to win the Class 1A Annawan-Wethersfield Regional.

I am a simple human being doing what comes naturally. Instead of tuning in to the world around me, I wander off in many directions. I tune it all out so I can see what I want to see.

Parent2Parent4Support is a newly created group for parents dealing with their children’s mental health due to bullying, self-harm or other circumstances.

The University of Illinois Extension will offer a free Tomato Troubles educational program from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, at the Seneca Public Library, 210 N. Main St.

The Homestead Festival Steering Committee has named Rick Clary as the 2026 grand marshal for the 55th annual Bureau County Homestead Festival.

When the Celebration of Lights returns to Rotary Park in La Salle this year, one new display will be the first of its kind: it was designed by a Dimmick School student.

Behind elite defense and another dominant outing from ace Maddie Simms, Gardner-South Wilmington punched its ticket to the supersectional while ending Serena‘s cinderella postseason run with a 4-1 victory on Friday night.

The La Salle-Peru softball team's season ended Friday with a 10-0 loss to Dunlap in the Class 3A L-P Sectional championship.