The Morton Community Foundation (MCF) is excited to announce four major giving incentives for 2025, the year of our 25th Anniversary, that help donors make an even greater impact in the community.

The following students have been named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2025 semester at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. To make the Dean’s List, students must have earned at least 12 ...

More than 1,200 students received their bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from Northern Illinois University in December. Area students include: Washington, IL - Olivia Tilton, Bachelor of ...

The Morton Public Library is presenting its Groove in the Garden concert series in Hannah’s Reading Garden, featuring eight performances scheduled from June 5, 2026, through July 31. Each concert will ...

The Bloomington Public Library will host a compelling new photography exhibit by local photographer Laurie Bergner, on display from May 4 through June 8. The exhibit will be located outside the ...

On Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, the Washington Community High School cross-country teams competed at the Mid Illini Cross-Country Conference Championship held at Detweiller Park in Peoria. In 2022, when ...

Six Panther wrestlers qualified for the three-day 2025 IHSA Class 2A Individual State Wrestling Tournament held last weekend in the State Farm Center on the University of Illinois campus. There were ...

High-achieving students were named to the Knox College Dean's List for the 2025 Spring Term. To be named to the Dean's List, a student must have earned at least 2.5 credits in the term, with a grade ...

Time travel. For many of us, the concept of traveling through time, either backwards or forwards, is intriguing. Science fiction writers, like H.G. Wells, Rod Serling, and Jack Finney, have each ...

On Saturday, February 3, 2024, the Central Intermediate School chess team competed in the Mark Bills Chess Tournament at Mark Bills Middle School in Peoria. The CIS team won the tournament.

Hopedale Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine, in partnership with Hopedale Medical Complex, proudly recognizes Andrew Dawson of Tremont High School as the April Athlete of the Month. A two-sport athlete, ...

In 2013, any animal (dog, cat, pocket pet, wildlife) that inadvertently became the “guest” of the Tazewell County Animal Control (TCAC) shelter had only a one in two chance of leaving the facility ...