Princeton News

"A trip down Memory Lane" is an opportunity for BCR readers to submit their long ago photos from yesteryear.

Streets throughout Princeton remain lined with piles of branches following Monday's wind storm that downed an estimated 200 trees in the city.

It was awfully quiet on Princeton's South Main Street at noon on Monday. Power outages due to downed power lines kept many downtown Princeton businesses closed Monday, following fierce wind gusts that did a lot ...

The Princeton Park Board experienced some drama Monday. The board finished Monday's regular open session meeting in the dark, after electricity went out for the second time that day at the Bureau County Metro ...

A brightly-painted dog sculpture in the "Art ... Well Groomed" 2008 exhibit was taken sometime after 7 p.m. Friday from in front of the Festival 56 headquarters, 316 S. Main St.

The Princeton City Council took no action Monday night on any tax assistance for the developers of a proposed Princeton Shopping Center.

Katelyn Barker , 16, was named the Miss Summer Fun Queen July 5 in Walnut. She is the daughter of Bruce Barker of Rochelle, and Tracy and Richard Cooper of LaMoille.

The Princeton-Illinois chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution met at the Prouty Building in June with the featured program being a movie titled "I'm Today's DAR." It ...

It was Mother Nature versus area trees Monday morning, and, in many cases, Mother Nature won.

A different type of event has been added to the annual Beef & Ag Days celebration.

The Princeton Park Board conducted the following business at its June 17 meeting at the Bureau County Metro Center in Princeton: Heard from resident Joan May on her requests for an upgrade of the Alexander Park ...

Any non-profit group or organization interested in selling or promoting your products or services during Homestead Festival Weekend, Sept.

The Princeton High School Board hired two new staff members at a special meeting Monday at the high school.

Michelle Lymberopoulos of Princeton has been named the new director of Bureau County United Way.

Kevin Koetz, 30, of Princeton pleaded guilty July 3 to four counts of the Class 2 felony of burglary and to two counts of the Class 3 felony of theft.

The cost of a gallon of gasoline isn't the only thing going up. Princeton Superintendent of Electric Jason Bird said people need to realize their natural gas costs are going up too.

Patricia "Pat" Anson has been named Citizens' 2007 Volunteer of the Year. The award was presented Friday at the Decatur Park Singers concert by Tony Sorcic, president and CEO of Citizens First National Bank.

The Bureau County Farm Service Agency Office, located at 312 E. Backbone Road in Princeton, would like to remind area farmers enrollment for the 2008 Direct Counter-Cyclical Payment Program began June 25 and ...

A Bureau County rape trial scheduled to begin Tuesday has been continued until August.

The Bureau Valley Antique Club will host Ol' Fashion Threshun' Days Saturday and Sunday at Albrecht's Grove two miles south of Ohio on Rt.