Marquette's Todd Hopkins, Woodland's Connor Kaminke and Mendota's Steve Wasmer will be among the 2026 Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Coaches of the Year.

Here are the leading Bureau County girls track & field athletes, representing ALO, Bureau Valley, DePue, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede

Bureau Valley graduate Elijah House ran on the St. Ambrose’ 4x800 relay which qualified for nationals with a time of 7:34.20 hitting the Nationals A standard and breaking the school record.

Veteran Hall coach Tom Keegan, who guided his Red Devils to the 2A State Championship in 2018 and won more than 400 career games, has been selected as one of the two head coaches for the 49th annual ICA Senior All-Star Game on Monday, June 22 at Schweickert Stadium in Peru.

Ohio senior Jillian Anderson has been selected to the Northwest Illinois All-Star Game on June 9 at Highland Community College in Freeport. She was a first-team All-BCR selection, named first-team NUIC All-Conference for the Amboy co-op.

Keighley Davis will be heading to William Penn University in Oskalosa, Iowa to play volleyball this fall. The Princeton senior will suit up for basketball one more time. Davis has been selected to play in the IBCA All-Star Game on Saturday, June 13 at Pontiac High School

Mother Nature has thrown another curve ball at today’s area ball games and activities. Here's a look at today’s postponements and cancellations that have been reported

Illinois Extension will offer a garden planning workshop May 12 from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Richard A. Mautino Memorial Library, 215 E. Cleveland St., Spring Valley, designed for gardeners of all experience levels.

St. Bede defeated Serena 2-0 on Friday, April 24, 2026 at St. Bede Academy.