Rochester Junior High had five wrestlers qualify for the IESA State Finals to be held this weekend at Northern Illinois University from last Saturday’s Vandalia Sectional. Max Branham pinned three ...

Students of the Week at Chatham Elementary School for the week of January 13-17 included: Kindergarten - Zayden Nagy, Jack Bondi, Avery Hymel, Charles Kos; 1st -Abigail Reese, Nathaniel Lovatto, ...

The Rochester school board heard an extensive report on the most recent Building Committee meeting at the board’s February 19 regular meeting. Board vice president Todd Hannah reported that the new ...

Glenwood Middle School hosted an ice bucket challenge assembly Friday as part of a fundraiser for the Special Olympics. Getting soaked were above left, Custodian Mr. Andy; above right, Miss Davis ...

Kyrin Cully of Auburn qualified for the IESA State Wrestling Finals at 112 pounds with a fourth place finish at Saturday’s Individual Sectional at Vandalia. Cully was the only Trojan to advance to the ...

These awesome fourth graders were the top readers in their classes for the second trimester at Sherman Elementary. From left: Evelyn Hearring, 95.9 points; Sawyer Hitchings, overall winner with 159.1 ...

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 Glenwood Titans varsity boys basketball team made 20 of 27 free throws, including 13-for-18 in the final period, to eke out a 43-39 win over host Lanphier in a Class 3A regional final Friday. The ...

66, of Pawnee, passed away Monday, February 17, 2025 at Memorial Hospital in Springfield. He was born August 13, 1958 in Springfield, the son of Hershel and Peggy Carter Stufflebeam. Bill served in ...

The Auburn Trojans enter the postseason with the No. 1 seed in their Sub-Sectional to the Greenville Sectional as Auburn shoots for its third Regional title in the last four years. But the Trojans ...