Riverton News

A flooded cornfield south of Carrollton on the northeast side of Macoupin Creek shows some of the problem farmers have faced during a weird-weather 2009.

CHAMPAIGN – Based on preliminary data, the statewide average rainfall in Illinois during October was 8.9 inches, 6.0 inches above normal.

Based on preliminary data in Illinois, the statewide average rainfall was 8.9 inches, 6.0 inches above normal.

Police say they have arrested three people in connection with the beating death of a Springfield man inside a room at a local motel.

Quite a bit has changed at Belleville Township High School during the past 50 years.

Pay poor tax of $15. The directive no longer applies solely to Monopoly players - it's also happening to Illinois' unemployed workers.

The "evil stepmom" advances many a movie plot. But when The State Journal-Register invited readers to write in about stepmoms who shatter the myth, the response proved overwhelmingly positive.

Final results are still pending. That's what election authorities are saying in Sangamon County.

Emergency crews are called to Riverside Park for a late night water rescue. The call came in around 8:30 Tuesday night that two teenage boys needed help because they were stuck in the floodwater's. The teens tell police they were fishing in Riverton when their engine died and they were floating down the Sangamon River near Sherman.