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Hall defeated Streator 8-1 on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 in Foley Field at Kirby Park in Spring Valley.
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Here are Mike Vaughn's photos of Monday's Princeton Logan Class 3A 8th-grade sectional volleyball championship match vs. Morris Saratoga at Logan's Pannebaker Gym. Morris won in three sets.
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A total lunar eclipse reached its maximum totality just before 2 a.m. Friday over the Illinois Valley area. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth and Moon align so that the Moon passes into Earth’s shadow. When the Moon is within the umbra, it appears red-orange. Lunar eclipses are sometimes called “Blood Moons” because of this phenomenon. The next visible one in Illinois will not occur until March 3, 2026.
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The Logan Junior High eighth-grade girls volleyball team defeated Rockford-Marshall 25-22, 12-25, 25-22 to win the IESA Class 3A eighth-grade Regional title on Thursday, March 13, 2025 at Logan Junior High School in Princeton.
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A flatbed semi truck hauling two clamshell buckets for excavating equipment, struck the Seventh Street overpass above Route 251 on Monday in Peru. The incident happened shortly before 2 p.m. One of the northbound lanes of Route 251 was closed. Peru Police and Illinois State Police helped with directing traffic.
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Check out photos from the month of February 2025 in the Illinois Valley.
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Rock Falls defeated Princeton 49-43 to win the Class 2A Sectional final on Friday, March 7, 2025 at Marengo High School. Rock Falls wins their first Sectional since 2006. Princeton ends their season with a record of 21-12.
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Rock Falls meets Princeton Friday, March 7, 2025, in the boys basketball Class 2A Sectional final in Marengo. Rock Falls took the win 49-43 for their first Sectional since 2006.
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Dozens of citizens gather during a March 4 Democracy on Tuesday at Rotary Park in Princeton. Participants brought signs to feature issues of concern for the county, state and country. The event was sponsored by concerned citizens of Bureau County.
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