High school and junior college results around the area.

After St. Bede went on an 8-0 run early in the fourth, Hall responded by allowing just three free throws in the final 5:38 while Ethan Plym hit a 3-pointer with 1:12 left to help the Red Devils to a 51-49 victory.

The scores/schedule for the Heart of Illinois Conference/McLean County Boys and Girls Tournaments — Jan. 15-22, 2022

The scores/schedule for both the Little Ten Conference and Tri-County Conference Girls Basketball Tournaments — Jan. 17-21, 2022

The DePue Little Giants ran into a Newark Norsemen team whose intensity proved to be too much to handle, forcing DePue into nearly 30 turnovers en route to a 70-33 victory in Little Ten Conference play at the Giants Den.

The current wave of COVID-19 has reached the Illinois Veterans Home at La Salle, with 17 positive staff members out with COVID-19 but, as of Tuesday, no sick veterans.

The city of Peru released an announcement Tuesday that Republic Waste Services will delay garbage and recycling pickup by one day because of COVID-related labor challenges effective Wednesday, Jan. 19.

Eureka Savings Bank will be partnering with local organization Cops 4 Cancer in 2022.

The Hall state squad was one of nine honorees from the class of 2020 and 2021 to be inducted into the Hall High School Athletic Hall of Fame Saturday afternoon.