A Princeton man was found deceased on Sunday after entering the Illinois River, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said in a Monday news release.

A motorcyclist died after a single-vehicle crash on Route 6 east of the Interstate 180 overpass late Thursday night, according to a Bureau County Sheriff’s Office press release.

Steven Olson always dreamed of playing on the game show Jeopardy one day. Knocking off a 7-day champion and winning four games was not a part of that dream. The Princeton band instructor won four straight games pocketing more than $76,000 in prize money.

Buffington said it took about 35 minutes to extinguish the fire. There were no injuries. 

One person was killed and three others were injured Monday afternoon in a two-vehicle head-on crash on Route 18 in Putnam County, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said in a Tuesday news release.

Two firefighters were taken to a Princeton medical center after a three-alarm fire at the Washington Mills facility in Hennepin, where a transformer fire resulted in a three-alarm response.

Boat racer Dustin Pearson has died from injuries sustained during an accident at the Lake DePue Pro National Championship boat races on July 25.

A now-fired La Salle County sheriff’s deputy was indicted Tuesday by a La Salle County grand jury on 10 counts of child sexual abuse images

Two agribusinesses got the finals votes needed to set up shop in Princeton.