Central Bank Illinois is bringing back its summer concert series at the Central Bank Pavilion, 218 North State Street, with 13 free shows running May 30 through September 26.

The George A. Hunter Memorial Fund has awarded its first annual grant to Oglesby Washington Junior High School’s library.

Real estate news: A Princeton house built in 1891 was sold for $203,000. The lot of the property covers an area of 10,280 square feet.

The River Bend Food Bank Mobile Food Pantry will distribute food on Saturday, May 30, at the Bureau County Fairgrounds.

McKinley Elementary School in Ottawa announced its May Champions of the Charter students.

The University of Illinois Extension Master Naturalists will offer a beginner yoga class outdoors on June 20 at Matthiessen State Park.

The University of Illinois Extension will explore Illinois’s prehistoric past through Mazon Creek fossils on June 25.

A 2,938-square-foot single-family residence, built in 2006, has changed hands.

Emersyn Ledergerber and Emily Wright are the 2026 recipients of the Edith I. Boyd scholarships at Bureau Valley High School.