The Glenwood High School boys basketball team won the Class 3A Lanphier Regional Friday over the host Lions. Front row, from left: Max Vanpreter, Mason Marshall, Gavin Simmons, Graham Osborne, Aiden ...

The Rochester Sesquicentennial Committee is sponsoring Joel Brock in his quest to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout in a project to preserve a slice of Rochester history. Brock digitized the senior ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...