Glenwood 7th grader Charles Jones won the Class 4A state championship in the discus at the IESA State Track Meet held Friday and Saturday at East Peoria. Jones led the charge for the 7th grade boys, ...

Bailey Leach’s goal in the 55th minute was the difference as Pleasant Plains won a 1-0 defensive struggle over Glenwood for the Class 2A Regional title Friday at Jerseyville. The Cardinals, in ...

The Williamsville High School softball team won the Class 2A Illini West Regional Friday with a 3-0 win over Warsaw West Hancock. Front row, from left: Assistant coach Ashley Klinzing, Addi Lessen, ...

Mackenzie Doe III and Larry Wills ended their seasons on the medal podium with top nine finishes at the IHSA Class 3A Boys State Track Meet Saturday at Charleston. Doe, a sophomore, tied for second ...

The Auburn City Council met just under 40 minutes in open session Monday, June 2 and were informed of a water rate increase from Otter Lake Water Commission and approved a fine for the owners of two ...

Southern Illinois University Carbondale has announced its spring 2025 graduates. Among the graduates were Drew Grosenheider of Sherman (Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education) and Drew Moffett of ...

The Village of Rochester’s Sparks in the Park Celebration returns to Rochester Community Park June 5-7 Sparks will kick off the evening of Thursday, June 5 with the Rochester Rocket Pageants at the ...

ONE YEAR AGO Auburn High’s softball girls are headed to the State Finals in Class 2A for the first time ever after crushing Effingham St. Anthony 12-2 in six innings for the Super-Sectional title at ...

-Birthdays- May 26 - Bobby Smith May 27 - Tracey Merriman May 28 - Alex Jordan, Jr., Bill Seelbach, Theresa Hulslander May 30 - Craig Busch, Ellen Denney, Stacey Haworth, Reese Bourne May 31 - Robin ...

Rochester High junior Tristan Stanton placed tenth in the long jump at the IHSA Boys Class 2A State Track and Field Meet Saturday at Charleston. Stanton was the only one of the RHS qualifiers to ...

The Rochester school board ended an epic 7 1/2 hour regular meeting last Wednesday with approval of the amended personnel report before adjouning at 2:08 a.m. Thursday. The personnel report included ...