Blessed Sacrament’s eighth grade girls’ track team finished in first place as a team at the IESA Class 1 A State Meet held May 15-16 at Eastside Center in East Peoria. Leah Duffy is the state champion ...

Steven and Nancy Jones of Metamora will celebrate their 40th anniversary with a trip to Ireland this coming September. Nancy D. Goodwin married Steven D. Jones on July 14, 1979 in Arlington Heights, ...

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.

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 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 ...

The Morton High School boys’ basketball team and Coach Matt Franks are hosting the 8 th annual Gameball Run event to raise money and awareness for Children's Hospital of Illinois (CHOI). Each school ...

More than 6,900 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students have been named to the Deans' List for the fall semester of the 2022-23 academic year. Qualification for the Deans' List varies among the eight ...

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 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.

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 ...

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 ...