La Salle-Peru and Streator's boys bowling teams and one individual apiece from St. Bede and Ottawa rolled their way Friday out of the IHSA's La Salle-Peru Regional at Illinois Valley Super Bowl.

Mendota Township High School went on soft lockdown Friday morning for roughly 30 minutes during police actions in the area.

Illinois Valley Community College Board of Trustees will meet at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Board Room.

Stage 212 in La Salle will present “Little Women: The Broadway Musical” Feb. 6-8 and 13-15.

A look at the girls basketball statistical leaders in the NewsTribune area.

Putnam County earned its first win, Princeton's Keighley Davis and Fieldcrest's Macy Gochanour are closing in on scoring records, Mendota's Karson Doyle was motivated for a big game, and more in the NewsTribune girls basketball notebook.

To mark this milestone, volunteers led by Head Elf, Cathy Oliveri, hosted Lunch with Santa in the Granville United Church of Christ Fellowship Hall on Dec 6.

The Starved Rock Country Community Foundation has announced the launch of a new scholarship opportunity, the “Boots” Wisniewski-Eike College Scholarship, honoring the life and legacy of Charlene Just-Wisniewski Eike.

Shaw Local Radio's Dani Holland interviews Lisa Sons, Natural Resource Coordinator with IDNR, and Julie McDonald, Park Ranger for Starved Rock Lock and Dam, ahead of Eagle Watch Weekend.