Bureau County

Illinois Valley Community College biology instructor LeeAnn Johnson’s Principles of Biology lab students got hands-on experience examining real and replica skulls of primitive and modern man as well as primates.

The Community Bankers Association of Illinois Foundation for Community Banking selected its 2021 annual scholarship program winners, including a student from Spring Valley Hall High School.

Festival 56 in Princeton will offer up to four high school students and this year’s graduates the opportunity to work as paid apprentices with the resident professional company with various aspects of theatre production.

Officials hosted a groundbreaking ceremony Friday for the 40-unit independent senior living center in Ladd that is a joint venture between the Laborers’ Home Development Corporation and Oak Grove Development Corporation.