Training time

Area firefighters learn how to combat a propane gas fire Wednesday evening during a training session hosted by the Wyanet Fire Department. Personnel from the Illinois Fire Services Institute of Bolingbrook led the training session, which was attended by an estimated 50 area firefighters from the Wya ... Read More »

Local News

Hall vote stands

PRINCETON — Thursday’s discovery recount of the April 9 election votes on the Hall High School referendum does not change the results of the final outcome, that the Hall High ... Read More »

Reading is good for your health!

Chelsie Sobin of Ladd reviews some of the selections offered at the St. Margaret’s Auxiliary’s book fair, which was held in the hospital’s lower lobby Thursday and Friday. ... Read More »

Sports

4 to go to finals

CHARLESTON — Lindsey Hoffert has jumped herself back into contention for another medal in the IHSA State Track and Field competition.The Bureau Valley sophomore is ranked four ... Read More »

Obituaries

Ronald Smith

PRINCETON — Ronald Lee Smith, 58, of Princeton passed away Thursday, May 16, 2013, at his home in Princeton after a battle with cancer. He was born Sept. 24, 1954, in Princet ... Read More »

Lifestyle

Suderman will perform on Wednesday

Bryan Moyer Suderman will share his “songs of faith for small and tall” at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Evangelical Covenant Church, 24 N. Main St. in Princeton. He has a knack for ... Read More »

Education

Local students are participants in IHSA All State choir

PEORIA — In January, Princeton High School student Lucas Bauer and Bureau Valley High School student Frank Monier participated in the IHSA All State Choir, and Kathryn Krieger ... Read More »

World Language Organization installs new officers for 2013-14

OGLESBY — Illinois Valley Community College’s World Language Organization (WLO) recently held its eighth annual meeting and new officer installation.New WLO officers for the 2 ... Read More »

Celebrations

Make Someone Happy

• Happy anniversary on Sunday to Marcel and Diane van den Borre. From your friends at Princeton Rotary.• Happy belated 14th birthday to Rachel Jensen. We love you dearly. God ... Read More »

Make Someone Happy

• Happy 14th birthday on Friday to Rachel Jensen. We love you forever, Mom, Dad and Abby. ... Read More »

Opinion

Considerations by Nedda

I watched a robin building a nest, and she can teach us all a thing about our own possessions.She chose her building materials carefully and discarded many. Then she tucked, t ... Read More »

Tassel hassle

My kids are growing up, and I don’t like it. My son has now been around for two decades, and my 7-year-old girl will be turning 25 in July. At least it seems like it. Her late ... Read More »

Entertainment

David Rogers' Big Bugs invades the Morton Arboretum

LISLE – Larger-than-life insects are invading Chicagoland this summer, as The Morton Arboretum celebrates the world of bugs with David Rogers' Big Bugs exhibition.Through Sept ... Read More »

Religion

Suderman will perform on Wednesday

Bryan Moyer Suderman will share his “songs of faith for small and tall” at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Evangelical Covenant Church, 24 N. Main St. in Princeton. He has a knack for ... Read More »

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