The inaugural Princeton Mile was such a big hit in 2025, the Princeton Chamber of Commerce is running it back this year on Saturday, June 6, a certified one-mile course on historic Main St in Princeton. There will be more cash prizes on the line, paying the top 3 elite finishers.

The City of Mendota is adopting a Trap, Neuter and Release program to address feral and stray cats, working with Safe House Animal Rescue League, a no-kill nonprofit organization.

The University of Illinois Extension will offer community members an Accessible Hike from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at Nell’s Woodland in Ottawa.

Thanks to a $33,892 Project Next Generation Grant from the Illinois State Library, the Putnam County Public Library District will launch “Earth Explorers,” a free, hands-on science program coming this summer.

There will be 14 Bureau County athletes competing in the 1A girls state track & field prelims on Thursday, including return state runner-up Lily Bosnich (hurdles) of St. Bede and Bureau Valley sophomore Elise House (400), both seeded to medal.

Congratulations to The Times Athlete of the Week, Streator baseball senior Clay Christoff!

Here's a preview of the Bureau County area's boys track sectionals. Amboy co-op and Bureau Valley will run at Erie and DePue, Hall, Putnam County and St. Bede wat El Paso-Gridley in 1A with Princeton and L-P at Galesburg and Mendota at Rochelle in 2A

Princeton Logan Junior High won the eighth-grade 3A boys sectional championship and qualified eight athletes for the IESA State Track Meet this weekend in East Peoria,

The University of Illinois Extension will offer a free Tomato Troubles educational program from 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, at the La Salle Public Library.

The University of Illinois Extension will hold a free cyanotype workshop from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 6, at Nell’s Woodland.