2023-24 All-BCR Boys Basketball Team
Featuring players from Bureau Valley, DePue, Hall, LaMoille, Princeton and St. Bede
Boys basketball preview: Marquette building young rotation around Alec Novotney, Griffin Dobberstein
The 2024-25 Marquette Crusaders are building a new rotation around returnees Alec Novotney and Griffin Dobberstein.
Photos: First snowfall of the season in the Illinois Valley
A light dusting of snow covered the grass and structures across the Illinois Valley on Thursday. This marks the first measurable snow for the season.
2024 IHSA playoffs: Steve Soucie’s Class 7A semifinal-round analysis
Class 7A turned out to be the domain of the lower seed as Batavia was the only single digit seed to advance to the semifinals. Steve Soucie breaks down the semifinal round of the 2024 IHSA Class
2024 IHSA playoffs: Steve Soucie’s Class 7A semifinal-round analysis
Class 7A turned out to be the domain of the lower seed as Batavia was the only single digit seed to advance to the semifinals. Steve Soucie breaks down the semifinal round of the 2024 IHSA Class
Boys basketball preview: Despite big graduation losses, Streator features 4 returning starters in 2024-25
Sixteenth-year Streator boys basketball coach Beau Doty returns three of his past starters, welcomes one of Ottawa’s starters into the program and appears to have a roster loaded with competitive depth.
2024 IHSA playoffs: Steve Soucie’s Class 6A semifinal-round analysis
We are still on track for a pairing of East St. Louis and Cary-Grove in the title game for the third time in four seasons. Will Geneva or Richards deny that storyline? Steve Soucie breaks down the
2024 IHSA playoffs: Steve Soucie’s Class 6A semifinal-round analysis
We are still on track for a pairing of East St. Louis and Cary-Grove in the title game for the third time in four seasons. Will Geneva or Richards deny that storyline? Steve Soucie breaks down the
Man found dead at decommissioned Cherry Mine identified
A man reported missing from the Champaign area has been identified as the person found dead June 8 at the decommissioned Cherry Mine, Bureau County Sheriff James Reed said Thursday in a news release.
Mackenzie Sherman of Bureau County earns 7th place in National Public Speaking Contest
Mackenzie Sherman, a dedicated 4-H member from Bureau County, earned seventh place in the Public Speaking Contest held Nov. 8-9, at the Eastern National 4-H Roundup, at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky.