Rochester News

Grammy Award-winning R&B artist Chaka Khan performs at 9 p.m. Friday at Rochester's Main Street Armory, 900 E. Main St.

EVENING WITH BOURDAIN The chef with the bad-boy reputation is coming to Rochester this fall, and tickets go on sale this week.

A Rochester police officer suffered a few scrapes in a scuffle on Jefferson Avenue about 7:30 this evening.

The Farrelly brothers have teamed up with a local advertising company to launch a production company based in downtown Rochester.

The success that former Purdue quarterbacks like Drew Brees and Kyle Orton have experienced in the NFL continues to help the Boilermakers on the recruiting trail.

Rochester, Ill., quarterback Sean Robinson is ranked as the No. 10 dual-threat quarterback in the country by Rivals.com. The 6-5, 205-pound signal caller has accumulated 18 scholarship offers thus far in the process and plans to make a summer decision and hopes to have Louisville as a consideration when he does.

Kat and Eric Metzler compost, recycle and use compact fluorescent light bulbs, so when baby Sean came along earlier this month, they looked for ways to make his addition to their family green, too.

The Mayor's Office has a new post card to send out thanks to a third grader at Rochester Elementary School and Visit Topeka.

June 6: Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles re-creates the music of the legendary group in two shows, at 3 and 8 p.m., at the Auditorium Theatre, 885 E. Main St.

Rochester police have arrested a second man in connection with the 2007 homicide of Cheylon Williams.

A judge has ordered the detention of a 24-year-old Rochester man accused in federal court of possessing child pornography.

A 21-year-old woman was stabbed several times during a fight on East Main Street in Rochester this morning.

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.

A Rochester volunteer firefighter who allegedly admitted molesting a 13-month-old child was in federal court Friday after being indicted by a grand jury on child pornography charges.

Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance returns to Rochester for an 8 p.m. performance Friday at the Auditorium Theatre, 885 E. Main St.

A Rochester business has taken over the financial sponsorship of a Boys and Girls Clubs event held at the Illinois State Museum.

Gloria Ferguson closed her eyes, tilted her head slightly upward and suspended her hands about 10 inches above Lisa Hensley's body as Hensley, a 40-year-old Springfield resident seeking relief from stress, lay on her back.

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 ...

When Broadway star Nicolette Hart's father had a stroke two months ago, she was pretty sure he wouldn't be able to see her perform in Rent when the touring musical came to Rochester this week.

Bill Johansen, of Bartlett Ill., balances the his weight on the heels of his chunky high heels b... Photo 1 of 7 Bill Johansen, of Bartlett Ill., right, adjusts the straps of his high heels for comfort while pr... Photo 2 of 7 Bill Johansen, of Bartlett Ill., sprints down 4th Street to put up his to retrieve items from his... Photo 3 of 7 Scott ...