Boys track athletes from Hall, Putnam County, Mendota, Princeton, Bureau Valley, Fieldcrest and Amboy qualified for the state meet and more in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

The Bureau Valley baseball team's season ended with a loss to Rockridge in a Class 2A Princeton Regional semifinal Thursday.

A Mendota funeral director could face up to seven years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to charges stemming from a prolonged sexual relationship with a teen.

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Area teams including Marmion Academy, Rock Falls, Sandwich, Sterling, Dixon, Mendota, Plano, Sycamore, Wheaton Academy and St. Francis were at Sycamore High School Thursday to compete in the IHSA Class 2A boys track sectional.

Some of Nick Fish’s memories as an active emergency responder still take his breath away. So, on top of preparing his Illinois Valley Community College students to save others, he wanted to offer them first aid for themselves.

Hall hired Logan Larson as its next football coach. Larson, 29, played football at Southeast Missouri State and has been a high school assistant for six years, including the last three at Athens where he helped the Warriors to a Class 2A state title game appearance last fall.

OSF Saint Paul Medical Center in Mendota announced Janelle Bieschke, a patient access associate, has received the Sunflower Award.

CL Enterprises responded Tuesday after the La Salle City Council voted the previous day to terminate an economic development agreement with the company over the construction of a downtown brewpub.

La Salle-Peru High School will have stricter cellphone guidelines for students during the 2024-2025 school year.