A look at the best football players in the NewsTribune area during the 2024 season.

The Utica Village Board adopted a tax levy of $91,191, which was just less than the 5% limit allowed without a hearing under the Truth in Taxation Act.

Princeton senior Cade Odell is the 2024 NewsTribune Defensive Football Player of the Year after recording 74 tackles and helping the Tigers reach the Class 3A quarterfinals.

The game started with the “oldies but goodies” featuring the 40 and over group, which actually started at 37 years up. The venerable Don Smucker, 71, a 1971 Tiskilwa graduate, certainly showed he still has game.

Princeton junior Casey Etheridge repeated as NewsTribune Offensive Football Player of the Year after running for 1,706 yards and 25 touchdowns.

Auditions for Illinois Valley Community College’s Spring musical, “Hello, Dolly!” will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12, and 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13, in the Dr. Mary Margaret Weeg Cultural Centre. 

Two people who fled Illinois State Police on Friday were taken into custody in La Salle, Trooper Shafer McKune said.

Upcoming financial decisions were discussed as the Oglesby City Council approved a proposed property tax levy of $1,623,300 for the upcoming year.

Waltham Elementary School released its honor roll for the first trimester of the 2024-25 school year.