Divernon News

By Don Craven I can think of no more enjoyable topic for a column in a publication designed to celebrate the best in Illinois newspapers.

Bill Derks has been around for a lot of Sangamon County track meets, and he has watched the evolution of the sport as well as the county competition.

If it's springtime in central Illinois, it must mean it's time for prom - the most dressed-up night in the life of many teenagers.

An armed woman who claimed to have a bomb robbed United Community Bank in Divernon this morning.

The work of the Civilian Conservation Corps and projects partially funded by the Works Progress Administration or Public Works Administration of the 1930s created many present-day landmarks in and around ...

The Ball-Chatham district covers nearly 100 square miles and includes all or part of Ball, Chatham, Cotton Hill, Curran, Divernon, Woodside and Capital townships.

Having eight babies shouldn't be considered glamorous or cute, and whoever helped a California mother conceive octuplets was reckless by disregarding well-established ethical guidelines, a Springfield fertility ...

What can you do with that dusty, 85-year-old item lying around the house that you want to sell for profit? Experts say one of the first things to consider is whether or not the antique is valuable.

A 30-year-old man killed after his GMC pickup rolled over near Divernon on Friday has been identified.

A man was killed and an infant was injured Friday, Jan. 23, 2009, after the pickup truck they were in went off the road near Divernon and rolled over several times.

Proponents of having an elected Rochester Fire Protection District board say they're fielding a variety of questions, including why they want the trustees elected, rather than appointed by the Sangamon County ...

There are at least two sides to every story. The Hunter Lake story has been going on for over 40 years and the following is another side of it [See "Say no to Hunter Lake," by Fletcher Farrar, IT, Dec.

Something old may be becoming new again this holiday season: layaways - a consumer option that seemed to be going the way of the good old five-and-dime - appear to be making a comeback.