The first phase of brick replacement work is focusing on the area around Riverfront Park’s main shelter. Each phase is expected to take several weeks.

Ellie Longeville, a freshman at Princeton High School, won the "Green 13" national leadership award presented by Lead 'Em Up on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at Princeton High School. Lead ‘Em Up is a partner with Chick-fil-A, honoring 13 student-athletes across the country for their outstanding character, leadership, and representation of team values. Longeville, a PHS softball player, was chosen from over 50,000 individuals nominated to receive the award. Longeville received a Lead ‘Em Up swag pack, national recognition, and free Chick-fil-A for a year. This is the first year for the Princeton High School Lead 'Em Up program. The program was founded by Adam Bradley in 2015 and focuses on training young people to elevate their confidence, communication, and accountability.

The City of Mendota is adopting a Trap, Neuter and Release program to address feral and stray cats, working with Safe House Animal Rescue League, a no-kill nonprofit organization.

Two online fundraisers have been set for the family injured - and where a woman was killed - on Sunday in the Wonder Lake home explosion.

The document says the U.S. is “forever barred and precluded” from examining or prosecuting Trump, his sons and the Trump organization’s current tax issues, states the one-page document posted to the DOJ website, Tuesday.

A Winnebago County resident who potentially had a North American strain of hantavirus tested negative, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The University of Illinois Extension will offer community members an Accessible Hike from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at Nell’s Woodland in Ottawa.

Thanks to a $33,892 Project Next Generation Grant from the Illinois State Library, the Putnam County Public Library District will launch “Earth Explorers,” a free, hands-on science program coming this summer.

A McHenry man has pleaded guilty to disseminating child sex abuse images and was sentenced to six years in prison.