Sparta News

In the world of Canadian trap shooting, 23-year-old Patrick Lamont just might be the Wayne Gretzky of the 12-gauge. "He's a machine," says Larry Desjarlais, one of Lamont's fellow competitors at the 54th annual Canadian Trapshooting Championships, underway just south of Calgary near De Winton.

Just a reminder that Community Solutions meets next on Saturday, July 25 at 2 p.m. at the Los Baños Sportsmen's Club.

Spartan Light Metals Products will rehire 25 previously laid-off workers by the end of July! They let go 100 employees at their Sparta, Illinois, plant in 2007.

SINCE THEY'VE BEEN GONE: Sure, it hasn't been all that long since 2008's The Bedlam in Goliath reaffirmed the musical worth of Omar RodrA guez-LA3pez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala 's The Mars Volta , but that certainly doesn't mean I'm not waiting with baited breath for the release of its follow-up. While the duo's fifth studio creation, Octahedron , ...

Jen Kucher's peers at Sparta High School voted her teacher of the year, after just her second year.

SPRINGFIELD, IL The 2008 spring trout fishing season in Illinois begins at 5 a.m. on Saturday, April 5, Illinois Department of Natural Resources Acting Director Sam Flood announced today.

MARION, Ill., May 10, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Additional Personnel, Equipment Headed for Carbondale Lights have been turned back on for about 28,600 Ameren Illinois Utilities customers in Southern Illinois, while more than 1,400 field and support personnel continue to repair the extensive damage caused by Friday's inland ...

SPARTA, ILL. The opening of three fishing lakes at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Randolph County will be delayed until two new boat access areas at the complex are completed.

Stephanie Sue Aschermann, 58, of Coulterville, Ill., died Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at Sparta Community Hospital in Sparta, Ill.

Where is this tattoo / piercing? Right side of body How long have you had it? 5 years How many tats do you have? 4 How many piercings do you have? 3 What's the story behind this tattoo / piercing? I'm very proud of my ink.

Three, three-year terms are available. Personal: 62, 30 years lived in district, married, 2 children Education: B.A. History Occupation: Technology and project management Previous elected offices sought/held: Sparta board of education member for 12 years Previous appointed offices held: None What school do or did your children attend? Sparta ...

It gained popularity in the late 1950s with the Soviet Union's launch of the first Sputnik satellite.

Visitors to Bald Knob Cross will see a work in progress this Easter Sunday. The white panels that have covered the 111-foot cross since 1963 are in the process of being removed.

Attorney General Jim Hood says an Illinois man has been arrested and brought back to Mississippi to face fraud charges related to Hurricane Katrina.

In the early part of this decade, when members of the Amateur Trapshooting Association were trying to decide where to move the annual Grand American, one of the knocks against Illinois, where the Grand ...

Rock bands on the road are notorious for trashing backstage. Kid rock bands, however, pass that rite on to their children.

The Randolph County Relay for Life Committee and Teams are gearing up for the Relay to take place May 29-30 from 6:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. at the Sparta Airport facility.

I really don't need to remind you that only five shopping days remain until Christmas, do I? Still, there is this desire to play Santa's helper.

Earlier this fall, people celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Sparta airport, which was created in 1958 by local business leaders who saw a future in air enterprise for Randolph County.

It's rare to see a snowman holding a 1040 tax form, or one with JuJuBe eyes. Yet, shoppers on Spring Street will see just that and more, including chic snowflakes, an "ice sculpture" made of packing tape and ...