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Titans are sectional champs, join Elite 8 field
For the second time in four years, the Annawan-Wethersfield Titans are sectional champs and they join the field of eight teams still vying for a state baseball title. The Titans (20-6-1) beat St. Bede 4-2 on Saturday at Jack Horenberger Field on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington. Annawan-Wethersfield will now play Gibson City Melvin (21-7-1) Monday at 11 am at Horenberger Field.
North Boone stellar season comes to end with 5-3 loss to Newman Central Catholic in sectional finale
BYRON, Ill.—North Boone head coach Andrew Baden got the obvious out of the way by commenting that his baseball team’s 5-3 loss to Newman Central Catholic in an IHSA 2A sectional final wasn’t how it wanted the season to end. But Baden then added that there was one major reason he was proud of his Vikings’ outing on a warm and sunny Saturday at Byron High School: they never deviated from the style of play that got them this far. ...
'It's time' for Fort Nelson, B.C., residents to come home, mayor says after fire evacuation
Rob Fraser, mayor of the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, says everybody who had been displaced from their home because of wildfire risk will be allowed to come home on Monday.
New evidence points to submerged village beneath Lake Mendota
Divers and researchers have now identified up to 11 ancient canoes in Lake Mendota, or Tee Waksikhominak, the Wisconsin Historical Society announced in a press release on Thursday. "What we thought at first was an isolated discovery in Lake Mendota has evolved into a significant archaeological site with much to...
Gandarilla qualifies for state finals in the discus
Three Kewanee High School boys competed in the 2A State Track and Field Championship meet Friday in Charleston and three Annawan-Wethersfield boys competed in the 1A State competition. 2A State Track and Field Championship. Junior Leocadio Gandarilla advanced to the Saturday finals in discus with a throw of 152′ 09″....
4 sentenced for bungled gun store burglaries
A federal judge has sentenced four people for their parts in a gun store burglary ring that tried to grab weapons from five counties in Central Illinois, including McLean. Dezmond Hardy, 23, Shaleik Ward, 20, Terrence Daniels, 23, and Erika Garner, 22, are all from Peoria. They admitted attempting and failing to break into gun stores in Bloomington, LeRoy, Lincoln, Decatur, Spring Valley, and Taylorville in August 2023.
Tigers are rolling at the right time of the year
CHERRY—At the midway point of the 2024 season, the Cherry High School softball team was struggling in all three phases of the game, which concerned Tiger coach Darrell Bjerklie. But Bjerklie and his coaching staff stayed patient in the hope that things would come together. Following a 19-7 loss to Moose Lake-Willow River on May 10, Cherry started putting things together. ...
Tigers take No. 1 seed into Section 7A playoffs
CHERRY—It’s been quite the year at Cherry High School. The football team competed in the Section 7 Nine-man finals, then the basketball team won the Section 7A title, then took it one step further by winning the State Class A title. Now, the No. 1 seeded Tigers will try to make it three two-straight state tournament appearances when they open play in the Section 7A playoffs, taking on either No....
Sterling schools enter lockdown after threat, discovery of man with loaded firearm near high school
STERLING, Ill. — The Sterling Public School District (SPS) went into a district-wide lockdown Tuesday morning after a reported threat and the discovery of a man in possession of a loaded firearm near Sterling High School. According to a Sterling Police Department news release, a concerned parent notified the...
Ogle County man hospitalized after crashing into fallen tree following Tuesday storms
FORRESTON, Ill. (WTVO) — A 67-year-old man was taken to the hospital after driving into fallen tree, causing his truck to roll over on Tuesday night. According to the Ogle County Sheriff’s Office, Curtis Wade, of Sterling, was driving his Ford F-150 in the area of 5700 N. Freeport Road when he collided with the […]
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