After implementation of a streamlined process for FOID renewals and the hiring of additional firearms eligibility analyst trainees, the Illinois State Police announced progress in the processing of FOID renewals.

A Spring Valley Hall High School graduate was recently promoted to colonel in the Air Force.

State Sen. Win Stoller (R-Germantown Hills) has launched a holiday food drive in partnership with the Center of Prevention of Abuse in Peoria and Freedom House in Princeton.

The DePue Unit School District called off school Wednesday, Dec. 8, citing an inability of the district to secure enough substitute teachers to adequately cover classrooms.

Illinois Valley Community College’s Dental Assisting Program will once again offer free/reduced-cost dental clinics for IVCC students, staff and the community.

COVID-19 cases are up in Bureau, Putnam and Marshall counties in the past seven days.

The Princeton Public Library’s fall film series, “Richard Widmark: Films of the Fabulous Fifties,” wraps up Wednesday, Dec. 8, as Princeton’s famous movie star portrays a lawyer who reluctantly helps an organized crime boss’ attempt to escape from the law.

This holiday season the Princeton Public Library, 698 E. Peru St., will be collecting money for the Bureau County Food Pantry.

You can get your holiday shopping done in one place Saturday, Dec. 11, at Bureau County Fairgrounds, 811 W. Peru St.