The regular meeting of Williams Township Board of Trustees was called to order by Supervisor May at 6 p.m. Tuesday, September 10, 2024. The meeting was held at the township office. Present: Supervisor ...

Kevin Forestier is congratulated by village president Joe Suerdieck after being appointed to fill the vacancy on the Rochester village board at Tuesday’s regular meeting. A complete report on the ...

The Auburn Junior High boys basketball teams opened the 2024-25 season last week. The 7th graders rolled to a pair of easy wins over Carlinville (43-10) and Petersburg Porta (43-16) and the 8th ...

The Rochester Arbor Committee has announced a tree maintenance instructional and work meeting in the Community Park pavilion by the pond Saturday, November 16 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Refreshments will ...

Ayden Copelin was named Student of the Month at Auburn High School for the month of November. He is the son of Heather and Jim Copelin. Ayden is a senior at AHS and his accomplishments and activities ...

The Chatham Jaycees recently made a generous donation to the Chatham Police Department’s Crime Prevention Unit. Chief of Police Vern Foli (right) accepts the donation from Jaycees vice president Craig ...

The Rochester School District is seeking applications to fill two vacant seats on the Board of Education resulting from the resignations of Chris Jewell and Aimee Johnson effective October 24. The ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health is seeking to fill a number of positions at its upcoming job fair in Springfield. The event will take place Tuesday, November 19, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the ...

Senior Alyx Barkus was the team leader in two statistical categories for the 2024 Rochester High volleyball team that finished at 19-18 overall. Barkus led the Rockets with 335 digs, an average of 9.1 ...

The Glenwood High boys soccer team scored three first half goals and held on to defeat Springfield High 3-2 for the Class 2A ...

The Illinois State Board of Education released its 2024 Annual Summative Designations for each school in Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District #5. ISBE has also published school report cards ...

Rochester area residents overwhelmingly voted down the proposal that would have increased the limting rate under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law for the Rochester Public Library District on ...