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, ...

Paul Johnson, of Morton, a sophomore at Wisconsin Lutheran College, has been named to the college's Dean's List for the spring 2026 semester. Paul is a graduate of Morton High ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Noah Smith of Metamora, was named to the Dean's List at Cedarville University for Spring 2025. This recognition requires the student to obtain a 3.50 GPA or higher for the semester and carry a minimum ...

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 ...

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 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 ...