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Crowds larger than the population of Ottawa itself are expected to fill downtown this weekend as organizers prepare for the fifth annual Ottawa Family Pride Festival and Parade on Saturday.

Stage 212 announced tickets are available for its upcoming performance of “Sunday with Elvis Presley” at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 14.

After a delay, work on the Kelly Street Bridge in Streator has recently resumed and is expected to be completed this summer.

The Streator Public Library recently announced its upcoming programs and events for the fourth week in June.

For every cake sold, $1 will be donated to North Central Area Transit.

In honor of the 250th anniversary of the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence, the city of Mendota is holding an afternoon of patriotic programming on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.

The University of Illinois Extension will partner with Stronger YOU Bureau County to hold a free Stronger YOU Wellness Experience for community members from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 9, at Princeton High School, 103 S. Euclid Ave.

Susan Olson is the 2026 recipient of the Betty Pretzsch Memorial Volunteer Award given to a five-year member of the Friends of Princeton Public Library.

The following property transfers were recently recorded at the Bureau County Recorder of Deeds’ office in the Bureau County Courthouse:


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