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Vocal soloist Luke MacDonald from Festival 56 will be featured in Sunday's Princeton Community Band's Patriotic Concert

A look at the best girls track and field athletes in the NewsTribune area for the 2025 season.

A large crowd attended The Great Pages Circus on Monday, June 23, 2025 at the Bureau County Fairgrounds in Princeton. The Great Pages Circus is a family-friendly, traveling circus that features international acts, liberty animals, aerial, juggling, clown acts, and motorcycle mayhem. Performances are held on Tuesday June 24, 2025 at 4:30p.m. and 7p.m. at the Bureau County Fairgrounds.

The city of Princeton held a ribbon-cutting of their new 1-megawatt generating solar farm on Monday, June 23, 2025, at the intersection of Peggy Land and Epperson Road in Princeton. The ground-mounted solar project includes 2,400 panels that will generate enough power to supply roughly 185 homes. The solar farm was developed by Altorfer Cat and built by ITG Construction.

A look at the best boys tennis players in the NewsTribune area for the 2025 season.

After falling short of state last season, Princeton's Asa Gartin and Jackson Mason came back motivated this spring. The Tiger tandem went 25-5, qualified for state and went 1-2 at the state tournament.

The 13th annual Z Tour bicycle event was held on Saturday, June 21, 2025 at Zearing Park in Princeton. Z Tour is an annual charity event supporting the Zearing Child Enrichment Center, a not-for-profit organization. The event offers various paved road routes, including 10, 30, 65 mile loops. Riders begin and end at Zearing Park.

The Bureau County Cattleman celebrated the 46th annual Beef and Ag Festival on Saturday, June 21, 2025 at Soldiers and Sailors Park in Princeton. The event featured vendors, food, live music, a kids pedal pull petting zoo, bounces houses and more.

A large crowd attended the first "Down on Main Street" concert featuring country singer Mae Estes on Friday, June 20, 2025 downtown Princeton. The free public music series features more than a dozen vendors, arts and crafts and much more. Attendees also helped kicked off the community mural project with the Princeton Public Arts Commission.

Students from the Princeton High School Drama Department dressed up as characters during a Life-Sized Candyland game on Friday, June 20, 2025, at the Princeton Public Library. Kids played as a gingerbread kid while meeting characters from the classic game. Other games included minute to win it and each child got a bag of candy for attending.

The Second Story Teen Center hosted the Princeton Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event on Thursday, June 19, 2025 at the Second Story Teen Center in Princeton. The event featured door prizes, 50/50, hors d'oeuvres and refreshments, games and tours of the new building. The Princeton Area Chamber of Commerce hosts a Business After Hours event on the third Thursday of each month. These events are a great opportunity for local business professionals to network, build relationships, and promote their businesses in a casual setting.

Today’s Play of the Day for the June 17 Wyaton Hills Ladies Day Golf was “subtract high and low score.” Anna Flaig took first place, Karen Towns second and Elise Gugerty third.

A look at the best baseball players in the NewsTribune area for the 2025 season.

A look at the NewsTribune area's baseball stat leaders for the 2025 season.

A look at the top softball players in the NewsTribune area for the 2025 season.

A look at the top softball players in the NewsTribune area for the 2025 season.

Funds for the scholarships were raised through various events throughout the year. Since 2001, Princeton Rotary Club has awarded $111,500.

The event features various community resources for older adults, caregivers and their families.

These are the Bureau County property transfers from May 16, 2025, through May 30, 2025.

Protesters gathered on Saturday, June 14, 2025 at Rotary Park in Princeton to stand against President Donald Trump's policies as part of the "No Kings Day" of demonstrations.

The Princeton Community Band, under the direction of Ann MB Lusher, returns with a concert at 6 p.m. Sunday, June 15 in Soldiers and Sailors Park in Princeton.

Sixteen awards were handed out to teams and individuals during the 2025 Shaw Media Illinois Valley Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday, June 12, 2025 at the Auditorium Ballroom in La Salle.

A look at the best girls soccer players in the NewsTribune area for the 2025 season.

"I play guitar. Haphazardly – the best I can. I taught myself just playing on my parents’ porch in Princeton," Todd Volker writes in a Write Team column.

Monsignor James Kruse has left the Magi Baby Closet and been reassigned from his post at St. Louis Parish in Princeton.

Henry's Lauren Harbison was named Class 1A First-Team All State in softball, other players from St. Bede, Princeton, Earlville, Henry and Fieldcreset also earned all-state honors and the Three Rivers announced its all-conference baseball team.

Jake Gillum set the pace with a blazing time of 4:07 to claim the $1,000 prize that went to the winner of the new Princeton event. Colin Mickow, a Princeton native and highly accomplished marathon runner, was second. Claire Fuhlhage of Normal was the first female finisher.

Princeton High School recently announced its honor roll for the second semester of the 2024-25 school year.

Three couples sought marriage licenses in Bureau County through June 4, 2025.

These are the property transfers that occurred in Bureau County between May 1 and May 15, 2025.

Shaw Local newspapers received a combined 33 awards Thursday, June 5, 2025, in news contest categories that included general excellence, photography, news writing, opinion writing, design, community service and editorial pages.

L-P junior Taylor Vescogni was named the Interstate 8 Conference Player of the Year and the Three Rivers East, Lincoln Trail and Little Ten also released all-conference teams.

A field of nearly 100 runners will be running Main Street in the inaugural “Princeton Mile” race sponsored by the Princeton Area Chamber of Commerce on Saturday at the Apollo Theater in downtown Princeton, ending at Rotary Park on the north end.

Friends, family and law enforcement officers from past and present came to salute Erik Sorenson at his retirement open house at the Princeton Police Department on Tuesday. Sorenson is retiring after 27 years with the Princeton Police Department.

Illinois Extension nutrition and wellness education Susan Glassman will offer air fryer cooking sessions for beginner and seasoned cooks in Ottawa on June 12, Buda on June 20 and Princeton on June 24

The following students were selected to receive Citizenship Awards at Logan Junior High School for the fourth quarter of the 2024-2025 school year. Citizenship ideals at Logan Junior High School in Princeton emphasize curriculum and extracurricular activities.

The Play of the Day for the June 3 Wyaton Hills Ladies Day Golf was “Guess your score.”

After 34 years of providing eye care to patients, Dr. Donald Marion has retired.

The Covered Bridge Quilters Guild will hold its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 5, at the New Hope Church of the Nazarene, 30 N. Sixth St., Princeton. The program this month will be Barn Quilt Painting presented by local artist Kegebein.

The Oglesby Elks Lodge #2360 recently held its annual awards banquet to honor local students for their work in school, writing and leadership.

Braveheart Children’s Advocacy Center in Princeton was awarded a $1,500 Starved Rock Country Community Foundation community grant to help it serve victims of child abuse and their families.

Princeton's Ian Morris and Bureau Valley's Landon Hulsing won discus state titles, five area throwers brought home six medals and St. Bede's Greyson Marincic was runner-up in the 110 hurdles at the IHSA boys track and field state meet.

Princeton's Ian Morris and Bureau Valley's Landon Hulsing won state discus titles on Saturday.

The Arts of Starved Rock Country Fund is set to award grants to eight organizations this spring, including a combined $6,000 to theater groups in La Salle, Streator and Princeton.

Princeton freshman Landen Hoffman had the top 2A discus throw in Friday's state preliminaries, while Princeton's Ian Morris (discus) and Cade Odell (shot put) and L-P's Richie Santiago (discus) also qualified for finals.

First Lutheran Church will host an Old Wheels Car Show from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 14, in the church’s north parking lot, 116 N. Pleasant St., Princeton.

Putnam County junior Alex Rodriguez qualified for the state finals in discus and shot put, along with more state track and field and boys tennis state tournament results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

The Bureau County Farm Bureau will partner with Princeton Culvers to hold a screening of the movie “Green and Gold” at 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 23, at the Apollo Theater, 455 S. Main St., Princeton.

The Bureau County Homestead Festival Committee have named Barbara Swalve Everett, D.C., and Richard Everett, D.C. as the 2025 grand marshals for the 54th annual Homestead Festival.