New Berlin News

Still Kick'n, opens for national country act Lady Antebellum, Thursday, June 18.

Twenty-one-year-old Kara Burger of New Berlin will reign over this year's Sangamon County Fair.

New Berlin's Maggie Tarr won the 110 high hurdles Friday, May 8, 2009 during the Sangamon County Track and Field Meet at Rochester High School.

Evelyn Wilson was particularly interested in the column a few weeks ago about the Boris Anisfeld painting that Springfieldian Russ McAfee once kept in his van, then put up for bids last Friday at Christie's auction house in New York City.

New Berlin's Maggie Tarr, left, clears the final hurdle to win the Girls 300m Low Hurdles during ... Photo 1 of 11 Pleasant Plains's Karin Wirth, left, digs down for a final burst to take the lead and win the Gir... Photo 2 of 11 Rochester's Brett Eandi wins the Boys 400m Dash during the Rochester Invitational Boys and Girls ... Photo 3 of 11 ...

Students in the New Berlin School District will all attend classes on the New Berlin campus starting next year, and Loami Middle School will become the district's administrative center.

A mobile home was turned to kindling by what may have been a tornado that hit Springfield's northwest side this morning, after also touching down in areas southwest of the city.

Officials at Sangamon County 911 emergency call center handled 17 brush fire calls between Tuesday and Friday.

Village President Alan Mann said Loami plans to continue receiving water from Springfield's City Water, Light and Power, even if Chatham builds its own water plant.

David Spencer/The State Journal Register Village of Chatham Water foreman Joe Gragg records daily water chemistry figures Friday in a pilot water plant set up near a well field off of Buckhart Road.

The following is another a oeHave Fun or Get Out of the Waya column by Don Leighton and Mike Granlund and their alter egos, Lance Boyle and Billy Pirkola, which runs occasionally in The Superior Telegram.

While many shoppers are cutting back on their holiday spending, local Christmas tree sales don't appear to be getting the ax.