Ottawa swears in new police officer
Devin Lang, of Joliet, joined the Ottawa Police Department staff.
BCR Sports Photos out of the Past: Friday, Jan. 5, 2024
The late Randy Swinford, the much beloved Princeton coach, coached his kids with a lot of love and motivation.
La Salle County Circuit Clerk Greg Vaccaro receives state appointment
Supreme Court of Illinois Judicial College Board of Trustees appointed La Salle County Circuit Clerk Greg Vaccaro to chair the Circuit Court Clerk Education for a two year term.
La Salle County Circuit Clerk Greg Vaccaro receives state appointment
Supreme Court of Illinois Judicial College Board of Trustees appointed La Salle County Circuit Clerk Greg Vaccaro to chair the Circuit Court Clerk Education for a two year term.
Starved Rock Country Community Foundation issues $13,000 in grants to 9 local nonprofits
The Starved Rock Country Community Foundation, in partnership with the Illinois Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts, recently issued more than $13,000 in grants to nine local nonprofits for spring and summer projects.
Boys basketball: New Year’s hoops heating up
La Salle-Peru will host rival Ottawa in an Interstate 8 Conference battle.
4 northern Illinois counties now high for COVID hospital admissions; McHenry, DuPage, Lake move to medium
Lee, Ogle, Boone and Winnebago counties are now at high for COVID hospitalizations; severals others in the northern Illinois region have moved to medium.
Princeton’s Bennett Williams to sign with Air Force Academy
The Princeton senior saw his season shortened with a season-ending injury during the Week 5 win over Sterling. Still, he received second-team Three Rivers East Division honors and made 34 tackles with four sacks.
Transgender woman disqualified from House race in Ohio for not using former name
A transgender woman said she was disqualified from running for a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives because she did not disclose her former name, or ‘deadname’ (the name a trans person was given at birth
One killed, five injured and gunman dead in shooting at Iowa high school
A sixth grade student was killed, with four students and a school administrator injured, in a shooting on Thursday morning at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa. The shooter, a teenage student, appears to have acted alone