Spring Valley News

The Zearing Child Enrichment Center in Princeton will host a Scholastic Book Fair next week.

BARTOLUCCI Lorraine M. Bartolucci, 91, of Peru, died Wednesday, Feb. 8, at Heritage Healthcare Center in Peru.

Bureau County students receiving degrees from Eastern Illinois University during recent commencement exercises are Robert Arndt of Princeton in the school of technology; Jamie D. Olson of Princeton in arts and humanities; Sarah A. Schlund of Princeton in biological sciences; Claire Entwistle of Spring Valley in education and professional studies ... (more)

The United States had 45 new All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways, and one of them ran through Bureau County.

Novas V. Durley, 21, formerly of DePue, has entered a guilty plea to the Class 4 felony of resisting a peace officer on Jan.

The store is located at 601 W. Dakota St. on the lot where the Hardee's restaurant used to be located before being closed in 2008.

Scott Piper says he's already given his wife his heart ... and now it's time to give her his kidney.

What happened to Dermot F. Kelly? The 16-year-old Oglesby boy hasn't been seen since Sunday, Jan.

Most of Ladd's precious Catholic church was demolished a week ago, with the final collapse of the bell tower happening just this past Wednesday morning.

A thank you note and donation check were received from Bernard Martin for a recent fire and a thank you note was received from Bureau County United Way for the department's check to the Christmas for Kids Toy Drive.

Cami Loving of Streator and Jake Holmbeck of Utica were married Nov. 11, at Breezes Runaway Bay, Jamaica.

Born Oct. 6, 1926, in Tiskilwa to Milburn and Grace Whitfield, he married Doris Borg March 3, 1951, in Tiskilwa.

Because I've had a longtime interest in black history, I attended the meeting Jan.

A house fire in Spring Valley Friday night resulted in no injuries. Spring Valley Fire Chief Todd Bogatitus said the resident of 226 W. Dakota St.

Geraldine Lois Wheelock, 89, of LaSalle, formerly of Princeton, passed away Sunday, Jan.

Mary Lou Lanning, 78 of McNabb, formerly of Streator, passed away Monday morning, Jan.

The city of Spring Valley is slowly finding out why they are out of compliance with suspended solids in their wastewater treatment plant.

Drivers ranging from area residents to cross-country drivers will need to be prepared to slow down as they drive along Interstate 80 this year.