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 ...

The Williamsville eighth grade boys track team won the Capital Area Invite in convincing fashion last Tuesday at Don Williams Track, with 152 points, 87 ahead of Athens. The seventh grade girls (73, ...

Rochester opened the 2024- 25 season by pulling away in the 2nd half to clip Hillsboro by a 63-32 final last Tuesday. Eli Cox was the main man for the Rockets with 19 points, 12 rebounds and four ...

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, ...

Class officers at Rochester High School were recently elected for the 2024-25 school year. This year’s class officers are: Seniors - Lilliana Moffett (president), Adelaide Peters (vice president), ...

The Auburn High School Marching Trojans, this year’s Grand Marshal Award winners at the Illinois State Fair Twilight Parade, perform the BeeGees’ “Staying Alive” during their march around the city ...

Bids for the replacement of the track and Phase III of roof repair at Glenwood High School were accepted, among other items, by the Ball-Chatham School Board during a one hour meeting Wednesday, ...

Rochester High’s girls golf team shot a 219 total over the tough front nine at Piper Glen last Friday to win a triangular meet over Glenwood (230) and Jacksonville (245). Eleanor Schudel paced RHS ...

Auburn will be trying to end one streak and continue another when the football Trojans host Pleasant Plains for Homecoming at Michael J. Potts Memorial Field Friday at 7 p.m. The Trojans will seek to ...

Beth Fox was sworn in as a new Sherman Village Board Trustee at last Tuesday’s meeting. She replaced Sean Bull, who resigned his position earlier this month. Fox will be a “smart and passionate” ...