St. Bede Academy’s Boys and Girls Track Teams will host a Lenten fish fry on Friday, Feb. 27, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Ladd Moose Lodge.

Neighborhood Forest is working with the Graves-Hume Library in Mendota to give adults the ability to get a free tree for their child and give them the joy of planting and watching their very own tree grow.

A registered sex offender is headed to prison for three years after pleading guilty Thursday totrying to solicit a teenage girl in Mendota.

Just weeks after winning Super Bowl XX, members of the Chicago Bears brought their talents to the hardwood in the Illinois Valley. On February 20, 1986, IVCC hosted the “Good News Bears,” a charity basketball team made up of Chicago Bears players for a United Way fundraiser

Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Chris Kattan will perform at the 122 Club in Streator Friday, Feb. 20.

Tickets for the retreat cost $125 per person. Spots are available on a first come, first serve basis. The deadline to register and submit a final payment is due two weeks before the start of the retreat.

The Learn to Curl class will meet on Mondays from 6 to 8 p.m., beginning March 2 and continuing through March 23.

Karly Brown is a proud alum of Mendota High School and currently serves as a registered nurse at the OSF St. Paul Medical Center in Mendota.

Princeton Elementary School District 115 will hold kindergarten registration for new students and current Bright Beginnings Preschool students on Feb. 26 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Feb. 27 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Douglas gymnasium.