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The Friday Night Lights won't turn on for five more weeks for the start of the 2017 prep football season in North Central Illinois and state…

I came across this story from my good friend Kip Cheek of the Mendota Reporter, and it’s quite intriguing.

I got a call from Bill Guerrini, and he told me that the annual “Swap Meet” was great success. People brought many articles in to try to swa…

I’ve been driving by the Alleman Field of Dreams sign on Route 71 on the edge of Granville on recent trips to Bloomington and beyond. I kept…

The Kewanee Ballhawks 12u softball team has had its share of wins this year — they recently had a 24-game win streak and have won seven tour…

We were both baseball enthusiasts, although each of a different color. Don Smith bled Cubbie Blue, and I was all about Cardinals Red. Even s…

Well, we arrived early Sunday morning after a week in Canada. We had a safe trip due to our Green River Lines’ two drivers. All the fisherme…

We’ve all been a pickle or two, whether it be on the baseball field or in life.The Princeton Park Di…

When the Matznicks and Cotters decide to have a family reunion, they just go out to the softball field. Everyone’s going to be there anyway.

June is almost here and that means some more events for the Spring Valley Walleye Club.On June 10, t…

Mike Behrens did the dirty work for Bureau Valley’s first two, third-place state basketball teams in 1999-00 and 2001-02, fighting for rebou…