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Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
The Ball-Chatham School Board Monday night expressed appreciation to the village of Chatham for its efforts in constructing a new elementary school. Trustee Alan Harling, who’s met with the school’s architects and construction managers,  said...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
New Berlin has asked its residents to be “extra vigilant and careful” after a woman was shot to death in the yard of her Alexander home last week. Authorities believe Diann Hoagland, 54, might have interrupted a burglary when she was killed We...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Chatham has completed a project to install energy-efficient lighting in traffic signals at three intersections. The LED lights have been put in at Peachtree Drive and Plummer Boulevard, Gordon Drive and Plummer and Gordon and Walnut Street. The village re...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Ward 8 Ald. Kris Theilen and his wife, Lori, are expecting a baby boy. And his arrival is coming sooner than expected. Baby Theilen originally wasn’t due until Oct. 3 but the doctor told the Theilens to expect his arrival as soon as Sept. 20. They have ...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Village President Tom Gray expressed cynicism Tuesday night when discussing an advisory referendum recently approved by the Sangamon County Board.It asks if a commission should be formed to look for areas of government duplication and make recommendation...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Though he didn’t want to be publicly recognized, outgoing Chatham plan vommission member Harry Bethke still was praised by village officials during Tuesday night’s village board meeting. Bethke had to tend to family business in Wisconsin, whi...

Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Emotions ran high among some Chatham trustees Tuesday night after the full board once again delayed action on a proposal to ban tents and other coverings for storage purposes. The proposed measure would have banned storage tents – defined as “any ...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
The Rochester Village Board Monday night recognized its 2010 co-recipients of the village’s Citizen of the Year award. Steve Leach and Dave Hicks received a key to the village and a copy of a proclamation read in their honor. Leach is a member of th...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Rochester’s police-community partnership initiative now has its own Facebook page.The user name is Community Police Partnership Program (Rochester, IL). The site is designed to provide updates on criminal activity in the village as well as dates for...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
The Rochester Police Department has joined Twitter. Follow updates here. The user name is Roch_IL_Police. If tweets aren’t your thing, go to the department’s Facebook page for the latest news and alerts.
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
The man New Berlin residents know as “Mr. New Berlin” has turned 99.Theo Knust, a lifelong village resident,  is a hometown celebrity of sorts for his decades of supporting local sports teams and volunteering at the Sangamon County Fair. One ...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
The Williamsville Police Department is warning residents of a possible phone scam claiming to raise money for a circus.Police say someone is calling residents and saying a circus has proposed coming to the village. The caller then requests a monetary dona...

Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Interested in running for a Springfield city office Apparently, lots of folks are. Because of numerous inquiries, the Springfield City Clerk’s Office has dedicated its entire homepage to information about the upcoming spring 2011 election. Up for g...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
The Chatham Railroad Museum has a strong reputation in railroad circles, according to a West Coast railroad enthusiast.Larry Truett of San Diego, a freelance programmer who has a model train website, ranked the museum sixth in his list of the ten most pop...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Springfield aldermen won’t meet on Tuesday of next week. The city council meeting has been changed to Wednesday in observance of National Night Out. The meeting will be at the regular time and place — 5:30 p.m. on the third floor of Municipal ...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
The third in a series of neighborhood meetings with Springfield Mayor Tim Davlin will be Aug. 5 at South Side Christian Church. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the church, 2600 S. MacArthur Boulevard. Two additional neighborhood meetings will be held ...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Chatham Village Trustee Jill Reynolds isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty.Reynolds took home top honors in the VIP division of the Illinois Championship Cow Chip Throw, part of last weekend’s annual Chatham Jaycees Sweetcorn Festival at Commun...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Former City Water, Light and Power employee Mike Williams is poised to get another $32,968 from the city of Springfield as part of a proposed settlement for a workers compensation claim. Williams said he  injured his left shoulder while pulling fish scre...

Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Springfield city government will go without an educational liaison — at least for now. Sheila Stocks-Smith was hired Monday as the Springfield school district’s coordinator of innovative projects and grants.Stocks-Smith has been the city’s e...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Springfield city government will go without an education liaison — at least for now. Sheila Stocks-Smith was hired Monday as the Springfield school district’s coordinator of innovative projects and grants.Stocks-Smith has been the city’s edu...
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