Rosati’s in Mendota closed its doors on Monday.

Putnam County Public Library District welcomes back Hobo, a certified reading dog, to the Granville branch this fall as part of the Tales with Tails program.

With the kickoff of the high school football season days away, here is the Friday Night Drive preseason Top 25. Who is No. 1?

The Mendota boys soccer team won 9-0 in its opener, the Henry-Senachwine and Earlville volleyball teams won their season openers and more boys soccer, volleyball and golf results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

Newman rallied from a 23-20 deficit to take the opening set 25-23 and finished off the Storm with a 25-15 win and the second set to defeat their former Three Rivers Conference rival.

A look at the Henry-Senachwine, Bureau Valley, DePue, LaMoille, Earlville and Fieldcrest volleyball teams entering the 2025 season.

"Your remarks about this effort over the last several weeks have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties and are not fit for the auspicious office that you occupy," Gov. JB Pritzker said of President Donald Trump’s threats to deploy the military into Chicago’s streets

The Prairie Arts Center and Studio K Architecture will present the fourth annual LEGO competition as part of this year’s Bureau County Homestead Festival in Princeton.

Illinois Valley Community College campuses in Oglesby and Ottawa will be closed for the Labor Day holiday on Monday, Sept. 1, according to an IVCC news release.

Two years after Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail, the Trump administration is threatening to revoke federal funding from local and state governments that allow cashless bail.The Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice condemned the action.

A Colorado man could face up to five years in prison if convicted of threatening seven public officials in Bureau and Marshall counties.

Teams from La Salle-Peru, Ottawa, Streator and St. Bede all competed during the Streator Bulldog Invitational on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025 at Eastwood Golf Course in Streator.

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Monmouth-Roseville (Mississippi) and Newman (Rock) are the defending division champions in the Three Rivers. Here's a look how this year's divisions stack up and who are the teams to beat.

NCI ARTworks will hold mobile displays in Utica and Seneca. In a Monday press release, NCI ARTworks announced partnerships with Lumber Lane Gallery in Seneca and Heritage Corridor Destinations Welcome Center in Utica to present the work of Doug Dalrymple.

The IVCC men’s golf team only returns one starter from last year’s team in Carson Zellers, but the Eagles also return a strong group of freshmen who will contribute.

The City of Oglesby will host its annual Boots, Brews and BBQ night on Saturday, Sept. 13.

The Wallace-Dickey Cemetery Preservation Association will host two fall fundraising tours of the Wallace-Dickey Cemetery and The Oaks, the Wallace family’s historic home.

With the 2025 season set to start today, here's a look at the boys soccer teams from Princeton and DePue-Hall.

The Chicago Bears will need to cut their roster down to 53 players ahead of Tuesday's deadline. Here are the latest moves the Bears have made so far.

With the Illinois high school girls volleyball season about to get underway, here are just five of the players we're expecting big things from this fall.

Make the end of summer more memorable by planning a getaway at a unique resort or bed & breakfast in northern Illinois

Morris Hospital has named Ottawa resident and nurse Danielle Siibert its Fire Starter of the Month for August.

There’s going to be a lot of new looks in the Bureau Valley Storm huddle this season and on the sidelines. Pat Elder, who has coached teams to 18 playoff appearances in 23 seasons as a head coach, has taken over the reigns.

Streator’s Labor Day parade will return next weekend, continuing a tradition revived last year by the Streator Chamber of Commerce after a three-year break.

Bureau Valley's Wyatt Novotny won the Rock Falls Boys Golf Invitational, the St. Bede girls tennis team beat Bishop McNamara, and more results in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

Illinois Valley Community College officially broke ground Friday on their $7.6 million Dr. Alfred E. Wisgoski Agricultural Education Center.

The La Salle County Health Department will sponsor the 31st Annual Food Service Seminar on Sept. 8 at Senica’s Oak Ridge, La Salle.

After going 25-88 under two head coaches over the last 13 seasons, the Mendota football team is looking to turn things around under new head coach Jim Eustice.

Illinois Valley Community College held a groundbreaking of a new Dr. Alfred E. Wisgoski Agricultural Education building on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025 at Illinois Valley Community College in Oglesby. The college received a one-million dollar donation from the Wisgoski family. The new building will not only provide physical spaces that reflect the program’s growth, innovation, and capabilities, but the IVCC Agricultural Education Center will also serve as a focal point for agricultural industry activities within the community. The building will take one-year to complete.

Check out photos taken on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at the 170th annual Bureau County Fair in Princeton. The day featured carnival rides, food, Power Wheels Kids Demo Derby, regular Demolition Derby music and more.

The goal for the 2025 Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland Falcons? Earn a third consecutive playoff berth for the first time since the eight-man football co-op made the 11-man playoffs the first nine years of the co-op between the old and fierce rivals.

Chicago Bears cornerback Nahshon Wright wanted to prove that he can still play in the NFL when the team signed him in April. Here's how a group chat with his brother and cousin, who both play in the league, helped him do that this training camp.

Catch up on the week’s top Illinois Valley news and sports in minutes for August 17-23. Hear the week’s 5 most popular stories, read aloud for you

The PCJH softball field was named as Walker Field on Saturday in recognition of Chris Walker, who coached PCJH softball from 2001-2020. His PCJH teams made seven IESA state tournament appearances, capped with a state championship in 2009 and a state runner-up finish in 2014

L-P's Sophia Chiu shot a 39 along with IVCC results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

Bureau County football fans can find all the games for the 2025 season here on the BCR master schedule for ALO, Bureau Valley, Hall, Mendota, L-P, Princeton and St. Bede

Illinois will allow health care professionals to prescribe certain medications over the next decade even if the federal government revokes approval for a drug under House Bill 3637

Jon Gruden, as he does, carries the box into an office with the letters “SEMO” on the side. Just a few seconds into opening the box, Gruden says the Redhawks were “quarterbacked by Jim ‘Freaking’ Eustice.”

A Streator woman pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced to four years for possessing a stolen gun recovered during a drug seizure.

When Streator takes the field to open the season against Decatur Eisenhower, Bulldogs fans will see a new Streator football team in just about every sense of the word.

A total of 148 students earned 169 degrees and certificates this summer at Illinois Valley Community College.

Wanniarachchi will offer several general podiatry services, as well as specializing in advanced foot and ankle and wound care, according to a news release.

Liberty Village of Princeton recently hosted a back-to-school supply drive at its campus, collecting donations over the past several weeks.

The Chicago Bears' starters came out slow Friday night at the Kansas City Chiefs, but the backups came back in the final seconds to win 29-27. Here are five of the biggest takeaways from Friday night’s game.

Bishop McNamara saw a trio of transfers make big plays during the Fightin' Irish's Week 0 scrimmage with Streator, one that welcomed Bulldogs head coach and former Irish standout Jay Slone home.

Seneca is 30-4 over the last three seasons, and despite a tough schedule has its sights set on a fourth straight solid season after finishing 9-2 last fall.

A La Salle woman faces up to 18 months in prison when she stands for sentencing Nov. 5 for leaving the scene of a 2023 crash that injured an elderly motorist.

Here are five Times-area boys soccer players to keep an eye on during this fall season.

Here's a look at The Times-area's boys soccer teams heading into the 2025 season.