Six nonprofit organizations received grants from the Sangamon County Historical Society to fund special projects that help preserve and promote local history. The grant awards were announced recently ...

The Riverton School Board approved the 2024-25 calendar at Monday’s regular meeting. Each Wednesday will be an early dismissal for student improvement, like has been done in previous years. The first ...

The Sangamon County Highway Department has scheduled an open house public informational meeting to present the proposed extension of Iron Bridge Road north to connect to MacArthur Boulevard near the ...

AUBURN WEATHER - WeatherWidget.ioThe name will stay the same, but there are new owners at Curry’s Family Pharmacy in Riverton. Tom and Nancy Curry, who bought the store 25 1/2 years ago from the Jim ...

The Auburn High School Class of 1975, with TIm Seifert at the wheel of the tractor, was the Grand Marshal of the Auburn Labor Day Picnic parade Saturday. Riding the float are, left to right: Sara ...

The Village of Rochester has a liquor control commission for the first time in its history following action taken by the village board at a 65 minute special meeting Monday. The board voted 5-0 to ...

Rochester’s Carlly Ho made history as the program’s firstever qualifier for the IHSA Girls Wrestling Individual State Finals Saturday. Ho, a sophomore at RHS, did it with a fourth place finish at 110 ...

Two students from Rochester, Kahla Stevenson (Accelerated BSN) and Kylie Kerwin (General BSN), were named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2025 semester at St. John’s College of Nursing.

Curtis Roselle was named to the Dean’s List at Northwestern University for the 2024-25 spring quarter. Roselle, a 2024 graduate of Rochester High School, is a student in the Weinberg College of Arts ...

Taking shape is the new science wing at Rochester High School, located on the site of the former RHS multi-purpose room. The welders are pictured taking advantage of Friday’s nice weather.

The major construction projects at Rochester Schools got the final green light last Wednesday as the Rochester school board voted 6-0 to approve the construction bid packages for the RHS science wing, ...

The Glenwood High School Marching Band and Color Guard are gearing up for another school year. This past weekend, they performed at the Chalk the Lot and Paint the Town Red events (Frey photos).