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 ...

Auburn High’s softball team cruised to a 14-3 road win in the season opener at North Mac last week. Meena Taylor scattered seven hits for the mound win and also went three-for-four at the plate with ...

Glenwood fifth grader Maya Kashyap (left) won the county spelling bee last week in Pawnee, with Auburn’s Landree Dambacher second. The winning word was prototypes.

FreshmenJohn AndrewAnderson AntonacciJoshua ArmourMaura AubyRyenne BentleyNoah BlissBrandon BossmannVivian BowenTyler BrandsKamryn BuckmanElijah ByersAlexandria CampbellBrady ChaseEmery ClarkCohen ...

Ten Glenwood High School students were named Students of the Month in January at the Capital Area Career Center. Honored were Beckett Clutts in the Building Trades program, Natalia Sheperd Brust in ...

Izzy Nowack and Lucy Nell combined on a one-hitter last Wednesday as the Williamsville Bullets varsity softball team blanked Taylorville 11-0. Nowack gave up one hit in four innings, striking out ...

Forty-seven Lincoln Land Community College students qualified for the 2025 Illinois SkillsUSA Competition after earning high scores at the SkillsUSA Regional Competition held last month at LLCC and ...

Welcome to Kid Connection, where Sherman Elementary School students write on predetermined topics. This week’s topic: Tell about a time when you were brave. Next week’s topic: Finish this sentence: I ...

The Village of Chatham has sent out a release reminding political candidates the rules of the placement of signs. Here are some rules to keep in mind for those of you wishing to place signs around the ...

Auburn High School band students who were selected to play with the Prairieland Honor Band at Riverton March 6 included, front (L-R): Michael Moldenhauer, Sicily Dinardo, Hannah Essex, Brooke Ladage, ...

Kenneth W. Bolton, 64, of Springfield, passed away Monday, March 3, 2025, at his residence. He was born November 30, 1960, the son of Thomas Eugene and Patricia Dolores (Grana) Bolton. Kenneth lived ...

The Rochester village board approved an ordinance declaring a surplus of $334,405.97 in the village’s TIF District Special Tax Allocation Fund at the board’s 40 minute regular meeting Monday.