Illinois turkey hunters harvested a preliminary record total of 18,189 wild turkeys during the 2025 spring turkey season. This year’s total compares with the previous record total of 17,208 turkeys harvested in 2024. 

The Putnam County Public Library District is teaming up with the Peoria Rivermen hockey and the Peoria Chiefs minor league baseball teams to offer young readers a thrilling reward as part of the 2025 “Color Our World – Summer Reading Program.”

The Putnam County Public Library District will host an art workshop, “Foil Fun: Embossed Art,” on Thursday, June 12th at 11 a.m. at the Granville Branch, located at 214 S. McCoy Street, Granville.

Jake Miller threw a one-hitter to lead the Henry-Senachwine baseball team to a 1-0 win over Putnam County in the Class 1A Putnam County Regional championship.

Alex Rodriguez is returning to state in both throws, taking first place in the discus with a toss of 46.29 meters (151-0) and second place in the shot put at 14.79 meters (48-6 1/4) at Wednesday’s El Paso-Gridley Sectional.

The Putnam County seventh-grade girls brought home four state medals from Saturday’s IESA Class 1A State Track & Field finals in East Peoria with Anni Judd taking part in all four events.

After leading the Putnam County girls basketball program for 10 years, Jared Sale is taking over the PC boys program.

Putnam County bounced back from its first loss to top Bureau Valley on Tuesday.

The Putnam County Pumas captured their own IESA Class 2A eighth-grade volleyball regional, defeating Oglesby Washington 25-17, 25-14 on Thursday. The Pumas (21-3) will play Peoria Christian (20-1) at Peoria Christian at 6:30 p.m. on Monday for the sectional title.