Stage 212 will host three performances of 'Joy to the World: A Holiday Revue to Benefit the Auditorium' this weekend.

You’ve seen one of the film adaptations of “A Christmas Carol” – maybe you watch one every year – why not make the traveling radio show a Yuletide tradition, too?

Bureau County Chorus and Princeton Community Band will perform a joint Christmas concert Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Community Life Center at the Evangelical Covenant Church in Princeton.

Space heaters are most often responsible for home-heating fires, according to the National Fire Protection Association.

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction in an ongoing lawsuit to block the Trump administration from enforcing the Defund Provision in the federal budget reconciliation law intended for the federal government to end Medicaid payments for one year to abortion providers

Lifting heavy snow quickly increases your heart rate. For people who have heart disease—or don’t know they have it—this can trigger a heart attack, the Silver Cross Medical Group said.

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Students collected donations during the Small School Big Hearts campaign on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025 at Dimmick School in La Salle. The “Small School, Big Hearts” campaign is a toy drive organized by third graders and celebrates the power of kindness, generosity and community spirit. Gifts will be wrapped and sent to Officer Santa with the La Salle Police Department and St. Jude. The school is accepting donations through Dec. 12.

OSF HealthCare’s consolidation plan will officially start its inpatient obstetrics and intensive care services from Ottawa to Peru on Wednesday, Dec. 3.

Third-graders at Dimmick School have been working to spread a little Christmas cheer.