A convicted Marseilles killer awaits new felony trials in La Salle County. If convicted, Logan Petre could get years added to his murder sentence.

A La Salle County grand jury convened Tuesday and returned the following indictments.

Spring wildflower hikes will be offered from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. on April 18 and May 16 at Illini State Park, on April 25 at Nell’s Woodland, on May 2 at Belrose Farm, on May 3 at Sandy Ford Land & Water Reserve and on May 9 at Dayton Bluffs Preserve.

The Graves-Hume Public Library will have more funds for its summer reading program this summer after the Mendota City Council approved a $6,000 donation.

Demolition has begun on two buildings in the 800 block of Illinois Ave in Mendota.

The Hall and Mendota baseball teams scored in the seventh inning to pull out wins, plus more baseball and softball results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

Seneca senior Camryn Stecken hit a two-run homer in the third inning to help spark Fighting Irish softball in an 11-1, five-inning win over St. Bede in their Tri-County Conference opener.

Taylor Vescagni was punching them out and Anna Riva was hitting them out for the La Salle-Peru softball team at Princeton’s Little Siberia Field on Tuesday. Vescagni pitched six no-hit innings with 12 strikeouts. Riva blasted two home runs.

A look at the La Salle-Peru, DePue-Hall, Mendota, Princeton and the new St. Bede JV girls soccer teams.