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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Izzy Nowack struck out seven and walked one in her threehitter Friday as the Williamsville High School softball team defeated Warsaw West Hancock 3-0 to win the Class 2A Illini West Regional. The ...

Rochester scored 84 points to finish fourth in the boys Central State 8 Conference Meet last Thursday at Memorial Stadium in Springfield. Glenwood won its fifth consecutive CS8 title with 173 points.

Rochester Junior High’s track and field teams qualified six individuals and four relays for the IESA Class 3A State Finals from the Williamsville Sectional held Saturday. Track and field athletes ...

ONE YEAR AGO The railroad crossing on Route 104 in Auburn was closed Monday evening through Tuesday afternoon to allow crews to repair the crossing. All traffic was detoured to the Madison Street ...

Brent Kulavic, Carrie Jeffries, Lisa Lipe, and Joe Bolletta were elected to the Chatham School Board Tuesday night. Kulavic received 2,024 votes, with Jeffries garnering 1,975, Lipe 1,876, and ...

The Auburn High girls basketball team managed one win in three recent games, as the Trojans easily knocked off Tri- City/Sangamon Valley 57-28 last Thursday. Chloe Crissey scored 15 points and Addi ...

Auburn went to 3-0 on the young season by winning its first two pool play games in the girls Waverly Thanksgiving Tournament. The Trojans thrashed Litchfield 70-37 in Friday’s opener, then handled ...