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L-P defeated Ottawa 8-7 in fourteen innings on Monday, April 21, 2025 at the L-P Athletic Complex in La Salle.

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More than 1,000 tulips blossom as redbud trees bloom Monday, April 21, 2025, above them outside a home on the corner of Greenwood and Fourth streets in Spring Valley. The tulips bloom each year at the home. The site is a sure sign of spring.

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Newman and Hall meet on the softball diamond Monday, April 21, 2025. Hall took the win 10-5.

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The intersection of Sterling and Main streets is closed Sunday in downtown Streator as police investigate a shooting. Shaw Local News Network will continue to update the story.

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Ten veterans were honored during a Quilts of Valor ceremony on Saturday at the Moose Lodge in Princeton. The quilts each take 100 hours to make. In 2003, quilter Catherine Roberts started the movement that became Quilts of Valor when her son was deployed in Iraq. Since that time, more than 401,361 have been awarded. The local group Illinois Valley Quilts of Valor awarded 189 quilts in 2024 and has given more than 1,000 quilts since its start in April 2017. Two veterans were absent.

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Children scramble to collect Easter eggs during the annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday at Carey Memorial Park in Utica. This year marks the first time the Utica Fire Department used plastic eggs since the 1970s when the hunts began. The fire department chose plastic eggs instead of dying them because of the egg shortage.

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Area athletes competed in the Rollie Morris Invitational boys and girls track meet on Saturday, April 19, 2025 at Hall High School.

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Putnam County defeated Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell 10-5 on Thursday, April 17, 2025 at Woodland High School.

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Students performed Jesus Christ's Passion-Living Stations of the Cross on Wednesday at St. Patrick's Church in La Salle.