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Here are the leading ladies for the 2026 BCR Girls Track & Field Team representing ALO, Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede

The La Salle City Council approved the purchase of a new Stalker MC360 Message Trailer at a cost of $23,617. The trailer will be used for data collecting and message displays.

The Streator Police Department is alerting residents to a phone scam in which individuals are falsely using the department’s name and address to deceive members of the public.

Lily Bosnich has won so many medals over her track career at St. Bede she needs a couple of hangers to transport them all when asked for a photo shoot. It’s a collection of approximately 40 medals, and she would have never dreamed she’d win so many coming in as a freshman.

Softball standouts from across The Times area received all-conference accolades following the conclusion of the 2026 season.

John Lynn has traveled from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean and will discuss his biking, hiking and canoeing adventures along this country’s national historic trails.

The next phase of the City of La Salle’s Downtown Tree Inventory Management Plan is taking root.

Illinois Valley Community College will host two athletic clinics this summer for area youth.

Exhibitors can now register for the 105th Annual Marshall-Putnam Fair through an online fair book available at marshallputnamfair.org.

The Marshall-Putnam Fair will kick off its 2026 season with the County Fair Stampede 5K on Sunday, July 12.

Numerous Times-area baseball players received all-conference accolades following the conclusion of the 2026 season, headlined by Ottawa and Marquette each having a student-athlete take home their conference's player of the year award.

Day Jones interviews Becky Christopherson and Phil Grant, part of the cast of Stage 212’s upcoming production “The Drowsy Chaperone.” The show will run from July 10-26

Stage 212 Business and Production Manager Reid Tomasson said that the new sign, to be purchased from P & D Sign Company in Peru, will have enhanced capabilities with color and image display.

St. Bede Academy will destroy 2021 student records.

Utica has canceled two meetings previously set for Thursday, June 25.

Tonti Street will be closed between 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. between Canal and First Street on Sunday, June 23, in downtown La Salle.

More than two years after Jaylyon Rucker went missing, his homicide remains unsolved.

City officials voted to approve a $13,500 proposal for professional consulting services with JSD Professional Services to help with Open Space Land Acquisition and Development grant opportunities.

V Resort Living, a company with a background in real estate and tech startups, said in a news release that it was reconsidering its purchase of the resort outside Sheridan. While CEO and founder Jamil Ahmed said the project had much support, many residents in Sheridan opposed it.

To celebrate their centennial anniversary, the camp is putting on a music festival, “Camp Tuck 100″, on Saturday, June 27, at Skydive Chicago in Ottawa to commemorate the last 100 years and look to help fundraise for the future.

Carle Health announced this week it will close its clinic locations in Spring Valley and Henry.

A couple of rounds of incorrect equipment being shipped from GameTime, an Alabama-based supplier, has pushed the completion date further into the future, although Project Director Annie Short said there is no definitive timeline.

Logan Petre had another 50 years to go before getting parole for killing his father. His wait just got longer.

Federal and state officials will test emergency response plans for the La Salle Nuclear Generating Station on Tuesday, July 14, with a full-scale exercise involving multiple agencies.

New Princeton volleyball head coach Libby Boyles started up her first camp on Monday, greeted by nearly 120 energetic girls from grades 4-12. Campers wouldn’t haven’t noticed much of a change with Boyles taking over from Andy Puck, who she played for and coached under.