Morris senior Connor Barth captured his third straight singles title at Class 1A La Salle-Peru Boys Tennis Sectional on Friday at the L-P Sports Complex. Princeton's Jackson Mason and the Ottawa doubles team of Kaden Araujo and Ayden Sexton each placed third.

The IHSA has released its 2026 baseball postseason schedules. Here are the paths awaiting teams from across the Illinois Valley, including Seneca, Princeton, Ottawa, La Salle-Peru, Streator, St. Bede, Marquette and more.

A 3-year-old child was killed and a suspect was injured following an officer-involved shooting early Sunday morning in rural DePue, according to information from the family and a news release the Bureau County Sheriff’s Office.

It wasn’t Marquette‘s prettiest game at the plate or defensively, but the Cru did just enough to hold on late against Putnam County on a windy Thursday night at Masinelli Field in Ottawa.

The IHSA released its 2026 softball postseason schedules Wednesday. Here are the paths awaiting teams from across the Illinois Valley, including Seneca, Princeton, Ottawa, La Salle-Peru, Streator, St. Bede, Marquette and more.

The last time the Marquette Crusaders lost a baseball game was a year ago, and the opposing starting pitcher was St. Bede lefty Gino Ferrari. This time Marquette came out on top of another competitive meeting, 6-1, to move to 20-0 on the season.

Marquette junior Kelsey Cuchra is in the midst of an amazing season and a mind-boggling streak at the plate. She added to those numbers in the Crusaders’ 13-2 Tri-County Conference victory over Henry-Senachwine in six innings on Thursday at June Gross Field in Ottawa.

The St. Bede baseball team, led by Gus Burr's three hits and four RBIs and Carson Riva's three hits and five RBIs, rolled to a 18-3 Tri-County Conference victory in four innings over host Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell on Thursday afternoon.

The following property transfers were recently recorded at the Bureau County Recorder of Deeds’ office in the Bureau County Courthouse.