Just three days after his brother, Aden, scored his 1,000th career-point, Mendota sophomore Cole Tillman hit the same milestone, scoring 32 points to lead the Trojans to an 80-54 Three Rivers East victory at Princeton‘s Prouty Gym.

The L-P girls basketball team beat Rochelle in an Interstate 8 Conference game, plus more results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

The La Salle-Peru girls bowling team led from the first game to the last to claim its fourth consecutive regional title. Ottawa also advanced to sectional as a team, while St. Bede had three bowlers advance.

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The Hinckley-Big Rock boys basketball team took on Newark Friday in the third place game at the Little 10 Conference tournament at Somonauk High School.

The Graves-Hume Public Library will host several events to celebrate the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Neither of the suspects in Tuesday's drug bust in the 300 block of Prairie Street was granted pre-trial release.

Zane Trumann interviewed Mike Lock with Cowzah Cards. They spoke about the events planned for the La Salle County Card Show this Saturday, as well as a Trade Night scheduled for after the event at the Cowzah Cards shop in Peru

Three response vehicles from the Earlville Fire Department arrived on the scene at 10:30 a.m. to put out the remains of a pull barn fire.

The University of Illinois Extension will offer a free succession planning program for farm owners, farm operations involved family members, and residents securing their agricultural businesses’ future from 11 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, March 3, at the La Salle County Farm Bureau.